RE: Accessing a File with a Variable Key -- RPG400-L

You using DDS or SQL?

DDS: use the VARLEN keyword on the field.

SQL: define the field as VARCHAR.

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Foxwell
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:53 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Accessing a File with a Variable Key

This is interesting, can you please explain how to declare a
ley field in a file with variable length ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:34 PM
Subject: RE: Accessing a File with a Variable Key

Ok,

So you've got bad data in the file, 'ABC '

instead of just
'ABC'.

My recommendation: fix the data and prevent it from being

put in wrong!
;-)

Still, a quick test doesn't show me what the issue is. 'ABC' is
ordered

before 'ABC '

If you do a SETLL, with 'ABC', don't you still see both records?

Or are you trying to CHAIN with 'ABC' and the file has 'ABC

' (or
vice versa)?

Hm, that would be a problem......

The only thing I could think of, would be to either chain with both
values

or do a SETLL and a couple

of reads.

BUT, the reality is, 'ABC' and 'ABC ' are

different. You could
have both records in the

system, you can't consider them the same and expect only

one or the other.

I repeat: fix the data and prevent it from being put in wrong! ;-)

HTH,
Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott

Feddersen

Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:02 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Accessing a File with a Variable Key

The only issue I have had in accessing files with variable length
fields is making sure the trailing blanks have been

trimmed. A 20

byte fixed
length field is 'ABC '. The 20 byte

variable length

field is normally 'ABC'.

Scott Feddersen

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fred Horvat
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:39 PM
To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Accessing a File with a Variable Key

How does one go about accessing file that one of the key

fields is a

variable length field in ILE RPG? I have to add such a

file to an

existing program. Only thing I could think of was with Embedded
SQL.
Is there any other way or is Embedded SQL the only way?

Fred Horvat

horvat@xxxxxxxx

216-426-5692

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