Re: Data Areas in RPG and QCMDEXC

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Grizzly,

Why not use the *LDA (within the same job)? Or a *DTAQ?

Besides, are those pieces of information not obtainable from the INFDS or SDS?

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler.

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On 5-6-03 at 9:27 Malchow, Grizzly wrote:

>I run a CRTDTAARA command with QCMDEXC. I'm able to create the data area
>with no problems. The thing I'm not sure about is will I be able to
>access the data area from other RPG programs. How can I access a data
>area in RPG if I don't define the data area first? The data area is
>temporary and the name is a concatenation of the user name and job
>number. If I need to I can simply use a CL program and I think I will be
>ok, but I was just curious if it is possible in RPG.
>
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