Re: The passing of user selections

["Colin Williams" <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SBMJOB?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:10 PM
Subject: RE: The passing of user selections


> Why not just create the User Spaces in QTEMP?
>
>
> Bob Cozzi
> Cozzi Consulting
> www.rpgiv.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of John Brandt Sr.
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 3:26 PM
> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: RE: The passing of user selections
>
> For parameters larger than 32K, I regularly create user space and pass the
> user space name and size as a parameter to the called process. The called
> process destroys the user space after the user space is no longer needed.
> The only problem this causes is that once a day, I have a job that runs to
> delete any user spaces that were created for a job that did not complete
or
> was otherwise cancelled by the user.
>
> John Brandt
> iStudio400.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:CarollaT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 3:17 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: The passing of user selections
>
>
> I trust everyone had a Merry Christmas, a Feliz Navidad, and all that good
> stuff.  If not, I wish you one (albeit belated...)
>
> I am building an RPGIV program to replace an NGS Query.
>
> The user is allowed to make several selections that involve lists of
values
> (sites, contract IDs, etc.), and then the report is to be submitted to
> batch.  The added requirement is that the job might be submitted multiple
> times while the batch component is in the job queue from other runs.
>
> I am trying to determine the best way to pass the selections to the batch
> submission.  Should I use a USER SPACE, or a DATA QUEUE, or a uniquely
named
> file with the selections (different field sizes, types)?
>
> I have pondered a monstrous, structured parameter string, but I have heard
> such things are resource intensive.
>
> How would you do it?
> --------------------------------------
> Tony Carolla
> MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc.
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