RE: Passing a pointer-based array as a parameter

Ok let me ask the question I should have asked in the first place.  What
exactly are the requirements you need to fulfill with this?  Is is
necessary for all subsequent calls to reference the data? If so then
there maybe a more efficient(& much simpler) way of doing this. 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


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Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:42 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Passing a pointer-based array as a parameter

On 1/31/06, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wait, I'm confused....  Why would you need to load this structure for
all
> users?  Each job (ie, interactive user) is seperate from each other
job.
> The fact that they're invoking the procedure from a common service
program
> has no bearing.  Each interactive session (job) initializes this array
> independently, so you'd only ever need to load this for the specific
> user....


Well, no, I think.  Each interactive application needs to have its own
area.  I need to account for nested calls.  IOW,
PgmA calls
  PgmB calls
    PgmC calls
      PgmD calls
        PgmE etc.
All 5 interactive programs, in the same job, would have to have their
own
structure.

But I am leaning towards Scott's latest suggestion, which I believe will
simplify things *greatly*.

- Dan