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If the problem is just that Page is a reserved keyword, I'd just put the prefix on the database file and leave it at that. If for some reason you need the data structure, I'd call it the data structure something else. Thanks, Mark Mark D. Walter Senior Programmer/Analyst CCX, Inc. mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.ccxinc.com Tom Hightower <tomh5480@xxxxxxx om> To Sent by: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx rpg400-l-bounces@ cc midrange.com Subject Re: How do I use a field called 02/11/2005 04:11 "PAGE" in a database? PM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@midrang e.com> Barbara Morris said the following on 1/26/2005 12:32 PM: > Tom Hightower wrote: > >>Customer has a patient records database. One of the fields is called >>"PAGE" (Patient Age). >> >>Since "PAGE" is a reserved-field in RPG, I'm having a bit of trouble. >>I've tried prefixing, and renaming the field in I-specs, but neither of >>those techniques helped. >> > > > Tom, both I-spec renaming and PREFIX work for me. Did you still get > compiler errors using those, or did it cause some other problem? > Sorry it's taken so long to respond. I get a compiler error with this program: fpatmst if e k disk prefix('PATIENT.') dpatient e ds extname(patmst) qualified /free read(e) patmst patient; if not %error() and not %eof(); dow not %eof(); dsply patient.page; read(e) patmst patient; enddo; endif; *inlr = *on; /end-free Here's the DDS for the file: A**************************************************************** A* PATIENT MASTER FILE A UNIQUE A R PATMSTR TEXT('PATIENT MASTER') A PATNUM 9 A PAGE 3 0 A FNAME 20 A LNAME 30 A* A K PATNUM ****************** End of data **************************************** Here's the compile listing: S o u r c e L i s t i n g 1 fpatmst if e k disk prefix('PATIENT.') 2 *--------------------------------------------------------------------- * RPG name External name * File name. . . . . . . . . : PATMST TOM/PATMST * Record format(s) . . . . . : PATMSTR PATMSTR *--------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 dpatient e ds extname(patmst) qualified 4 5 /free *--------------------------------------------------------------------- * Data structure . . . . . . : PATIENT * External format . . . . . : PATMSTR : TOM/PATMST * Format text . . . . . . . : PATIENT MASTER *--------------------------------------------------------------------- 6=D PATNUM 9A 7=D PAGE 3P 0 8=D FNAME 20A 9=D LNAME 30A 10=IPATMSTR *--------------------------------------------------------------------- * RPG record format . . . . : PATMSTR * Prefix . . . . . . . . . . : PATIENT. : 0 * External format . . . . . : PATMSTR : TOM/PATMST * Format text . . . . . . . : PATIENT MASTER *--------------------------------------------------------------------- 11=I A 1 9 PATIENT.PATNUM 12=I P 10 11 0PATIENT.PAGE Compilation stopped. Internal failure occurred. Error code is 1. * * * * * E N D O F C O M P I L A T I O N * * * * * Tom -- 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.
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