RE: User Defined Function Definition with Omissible Parameters

I got the same result Birgitta...is there a way to define the last 2 parms and 
pass the equivalent of *OMIT or Nulls?

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of BirgittaHauser
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:52 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: AW: User Defined Function Definition with Omissible Parameters 

Hi Steve,

Just try to use PARAMETER STYLE GENERAL instead of PARAMETER STYLE DB2SQL. 
With Parameter Style DB2SQL SQL adds some more parameters.
Because you only defined one parameter for the UDF, parameter 2 and 3 are
replaced by these additional SQL parameters.
A parameter only passed an address and in this way you see garbabe in your
parameters 2 and 3.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
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Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Coyle, Stephen F.
Gesendet: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 17:43
An: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: User Defined Function Definition with Omissible Parameters 


Hi All, 
        I have a user defined function as:      
CREATE FUNCTION GBCMODS/CVTTOJDEDATE (           
 DATEIN DATE )                                   
 RETURNS NUMERIC(6, 0) CAST FROM NUMERIC(6, 0)   
 LANGUAGE RPGLE                                  
 SPECIFIC GBCMODS/CVTTOJDEDATE                   
 NOT DETERMINISTIC                               
 NO SQL                                          
 RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT                      
 DISALLOW PARALLEL                               
 EXTERNAL NAME 'GBCMODS/PRDATES(CVTTOJDEDATE)'   
 PARAMETER STYLE DB2SQL ;     

The Program Interface to the CVTTOJDEDATE procedure has changed to:
D CvtToJDEDate    PI             6S 0                              
D  InputDate                      D   CONST OPTIONS(*OMIT)         
D  Date2DigitYY                  8    CONST OPTIONS(*NOPASS:*OMIT) 
D  Fmt2DigitYY                   7    CONST OPTIONS(*NOPASS:*OMIT)


The function no longer works within SQL. Debug shows that the function is
passing junk to the 2nd and 3rd procedure parms. Does anyone know how to
define omissible parameters on the Create Function?  

Thanks in advance...
Steve...