Re: FREE Code: *RNF0312 and *RNF5377 Errors

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Vidal wrote:

> "Select;
> When RunQtr = 1;
>   Update MPSSumR %fields(MPBQ1);
> When RunQtr=2;
>   Update MPSSumR %fields(MPBQ2);
> ...
>
> or
> Update MPSSumR %fields(MPBQ1:MPBQ2:MPBQ3:MPBQ4);
>
> or
> Update MPSSumR;
>
>
> I am guessing at MPBQ1.  This email is so cleaned up I can't see the
> original file field names used in the array."
>
> Rob, you are using the correct names and any of these options may work.  What
> confuses me is the fact that apparently %FIELDS can't handle arrays.
> Is this true?

As someone else pointed out, %FIELDS doesn't handle arrays simply 
because the OS/400 database doesn't support arrays. The compiler needs 
to know *which* database field to update. If there isn't a direct 
relationship between the name specified in the %FIELDS list and the 
database record, the compiler can't make any assumptions. If some field 
happens to overlay some database field, well, that just isn't quite good 
enough.

Note that the field specified in the %FIELDS list may also be a subfield 
of a LIKEREC data structure, in which case there is a clear 
relationship, and the compiler can figure out which field in the record 
to update.

Cheers! Hans