< How is the code inside the procedure supposed to know how long the field
< is that you are passing?
This is my problem. I don't know how to change the length of the variable for each different call of the procedure. If I have to pass it from the calling procedure I can do that but then how do I associate the length of the field with the variable that is going to hold the data when the record is read. Again I'm not passing actual data since I haven't read the file yet. If I have to read the file first to get the data to pass to the procedure then I will have to go back to using 25 different procedures doing the same 10 lines of code with the exception of the field names changing. It just seems a lot of code to write when all I want to change is the field that I'm getting the data from. Using a pointer gives me this ability
But I can't seem to get the data into a varible that resizes for the length of the field being used on each different call.
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam Glauser
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:36 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Passing Parameters
Don Wereschuk wrote:
I am not trying to pass actual data which would work using the VARYING, I'm trying to pass the address of the field to be referenced within the called procedure.
How is the code inside the procedure supposed to know how long the field
is that you are passing? You need to either use VARYING _and_ const, or
if you feel that a pointer is necessary you need to pass the length of
the field from the calling procedure.
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