RE: READ with DS as result

David,

As I recall, if you want EITHER technique to fill the same fields in memory, you could use the PREFIX option on the F-spec so that the standard input gets mapped to the DS subfields.....

FCLIENT ... Disk Prefix(MyDS.)

I though I saw this posted just a few days ago, but I can't find it...

hth,
Eric

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Foxwell
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:21 AM
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Subject: READ with DS as result


Hi,

I only just discovered I could put a DS in the result of a CHAIN or READ operation.

I declared my DS with LIKEREC(name of format).


Can someone please explain this :

1. CHAIN CLT_Number CLIENT;
2. CHAIN CLT_Number CLIENT MyDS;

In 1, The zones of the file CLIENT are filled if the client is found, eg CLT_Name = "Smith".
In 2, I now have MyDS.CLT_Name = "Smith" but CLT_Name is no longer filled. Why is this?

TIA