Re: WRKQRY

["Jeffrey Lee" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I sent that to the list by mistake, it was supposed to go to Fred Underwood
who has been helping me learn rpg.
Thanks for the link though, I will check that out.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buck Calabro" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: WRKQRY


> > Once you gave me a few lines of code to write to a file...
> > I need some help with one part of it:
> >
> > MOVE        HEADER        RECORDOUT
> > WRITE        UPPULD
> > CLEAR                               RECORDOUT
> >
> > well what should record out be?
>
> It is exceedingly difficult to teach RPG fundamentals via a mailing
> list; I have been chastised enough in the past for trying.  A fair
> place to start is the RPG User's guide at the Infocenter at
> http://www.iseries.ibm.com/infocenter.
>
> The code you posted is alright as far as it goes, but it isn't enough.
> Files are defined in RPG on the F-specification.  There isn't quite
> enough information here to help you out yet.  Specifically, you need
> to understand the distinction between a file name, record format name
> and field name.  Is this still the UPS PLD file project?  (You might
> consider changing the subject line to reflect that.)  If so, a brief
> description of what that PLD file _should_ look like would be helpful.
> Does it contain a header, some detail lines and then a trailer?  Or
> are all the records identical (detail only?)
>
> A strong bit of advice is to look at the compiler listing, making note
> of the file, record format and field names involved with the files
> you're working with.
>
> > I get not defined errors and I need to know
> > what should go there...
>
> The specific error message would be helpful, along with the line of
> code causing it.  What exactly is not defined?  There are 3 different
> things which might not be defined...
>   --buck
>
>
>
> --
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l
> or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
>
>