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You could manipulate dynamic variable names within SQL using a dummy table, couldn't you? Thanks, Mark Mark D. Walter Senior Programmer/Analyst CCX, Inc. mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.ccxinc.com "Paul Morgan" <pmorgan@jjillgro up.com> To Sent by: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx rpg400-l-bounces+ cc mwalter=hanoverwi re.com@xxxxxxxxxx Subject om Re: Variable Variable names 03/18/2005 11:33 AM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@midrang e.com> Paul, This is not possible in RPG but I believe it might be possible in Java. Also, if your field is in a file dynamic SQL allows you to create a statement to retrieve an arbitrary field from a table. Paul -- Paul Morgan Senior Programmer Analyst - Retail J. Jill Group 100 Birch Pond Drive, PO Box 2009 Tilton, NH 03276-2009 Phone: (603) 266-2117 Fax: (603) 266-2333 "PAPWORTH Paul" wrote Does any one know if it is possible in RPG (or any other i_series) language to do the following Ws_work_zone = %pgmvar(var) %pgmvar would be a function which would allow you to get the contents of a variable , whose name is contained in a variable. Eg if in my imaginary function var contains the name of a field 'FRED' , and FRED contains 'ABC' , I would end up with 'ABC' in ws_work_zone -- 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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