RE: Error on compile

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   7. Error on compile (Douglas W. Palme)
>
>C                   EVAL      CMD = 'SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(INVMARGIN) ' +
>C                             'PARM("' + PARM1 + '" ' +                
>C                             '"' + PARM2 + '" ' + 
>C                             '"' + PARM3 + '"))'  

Douglas:

You got answers before I had time to read the newsgroup today, so I won't add 
to that series. However, I'll make one suggestion.

Change:

>C                   EVAL      CMD = 'SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(INVMARGIN) ' +

...to:

>C                   EVAL      CMD = 'SBMJOB RQSDTA(CALL PGM(INVMARGIN) ' +

Get away from the habit of building your request strings in the CMD() parameter 
and build them directly in the RQSDTA() parameter instead. They'll end up in 
RQSDTA() anyway and you'll avoid a couple of issues that CMD() introduces when 
the SBMJOB command converts between the two. (One earlier post showed an 
example that would cause a failure due to the CMD()/RQSDTA() conversion if it 
were actually run, but it wasn't relevant to your problem anyway.) You might 
need to tweak your program a little, but the long-term should be worth it.

The CMD() parameter is extremely handy when commands are being prompted, and it 
can be a shortcut. But the handling of parms that contain only numeric 
characters or character parms that are more than CHAR(32) in length and have 
trailing spaces can really cause a bunch of debugging surprises later.

Build the request string exactly as you want it and submit it via RQSDTA(). 
Avoid most of the problems that show up so often.

Tom Liotta