Re: Path Names from QSYLOBJA

[Paul Tuohy <tuohyp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply Scott.

The reason I asked about the maximum size is that the maximum size of a 
user index entry is 2000.

Not sure that qsort will solve my problem. Doesn't it expect a structure 
with fixed length entries?

Thanks

Paul

Scott Klement wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Paul Tuohy wrote:
>
> > I am using the QSYLOBJA (List Objects a User is Authorized to, Owns, or
> > Is Primary Group Of) with format OBJA0110 to retrieve a list of IFS
> > objects owned by a user profile.
> >
> > The returned list is not in any sequence. Any suggestions as to the best
> > way to get it into name sequence? (Database, User Index.......)
>
>
> I think I'd probably use qsort()  Though, a user index might also be a
> possibility.
>
>
> > Also, any idea what the maximum size of a path name is?
>
>
> I didn't think there was a maximum size?   It's probably a good idea to
> use a method that doesn't limit you to a certain size if that's possible.
>
> I assume that this API returns data in the standard "list API" format?
> If so, the API should return header information into the user space, one
> of the fields in that header info should be the "size of each entry".
> Then, use that "size of each entry" to create your temporary user index,
> and/or to be the size used by qsort(), etc.
>
> That's why I prefer these methods over a database.  You don't have to
> hard-code a limit to the size of the pathnames...