RE: Multi Occurence Data Structure returned from a procedure

The way you propose to do is means, the procedures are in the same programme. 
Then the MODS and the counter can be declared globally. And I think it is a 
waste of resources to first fill a MODS and then read a MODS in the same 
programme, unless it is embedded SQL (FETCH INTO xx ROWS).

I think the requester wants to return a MODS from an externally called 
procedure. Then a pointer may be a solution, if the MODS is in contaguous 
storage.

Does it have tp be a MOFDS, anyway? Can it not be an array?

Just my thoughts.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler. 

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On 4-7-05 at 13:03 Alan Campin wrote:

>Not except by using a pointer but why would you want to? Simply call a
>procedure to load an internal structure and return a count. Then code a
>procedure to get one record at a time in a loop and process. That would be
>ILE. Returning the entire structure would be monolith. Also, I would
>recommend some form of a dynamic structure in your load procedure.
>Declaring a data structure with that many occurrences is going to chew up
>a lot of memory and I will bet most of the time you are not going to use a
>fraction of it. 
>