RE: CHAIN + DS as result field -- RPG400-L

For the record I also see no value in using %kds. Was just expanding on something that was said earlier by someone else.

To me, the only value %kds would have is if the # of parameters could be a variable - but alas, it has to be a constant.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:07 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: CHAIN + DS as result field

Just curious. Why would you ever want to use the form of

Chain %Kds(WRecordKey) FILE1 wRecord1;

instead of

Chain (Value1:Value2) FILE1 wRecord1;

I don't use file I/O anymore but it puzzles me why you would want to
use the %Kds when you can just list the fields you want in the key. If
you use the %Kds then you have to go look up the key values and you
have to load the key values.

Just never understood the value.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Kurt Anderson
<kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Without testing, doesn't the chain need to be like this:
CHAIN %kds(WrecordKey) FILE1 Wrecord1;

Also, don't forget, David, that you'll still have to load the key values, and they'll be qualified.

e.g. wRecordKey.key1 = myvalue;

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M. Lazarus
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:13 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RE: CHAIN + DS as result field

David,

You're missing the key on the CHAIN! Assuming
that the key is identical for both files, try this:

D WrecordKey DS LIKEREC ( RECORD1 : *Key )
D Wrecord1 DS LIKEREC ( RECORD1 : *INPUT )
D Wrecord2 DS LIKEREC ( RECORD2 : *INPUT )

When condition1
CHAIN WrecordKey FILE1 Wrecord1;
EVAL-CORR Globalrecord= Wrecord1;

When condition2
CHAIN WrecordKey FILE2 Wrecord2;
EVAL-CORR Globalrecord= Wrecord2;

-mark

At 2/17/09 04:16 AM, you wrote:

Thanks, Alan

I already had the global definitions as you suggest.

In my subprocedure, I now have :

D Wrecord1 DS LIKEREC ( RECORD1 : *INPUT )
D Wrecord2 DS LIKEREC ( RECORD2 : *INPUT )

When condition1
CHAIN FILE1 Wrecord1;
EVAL-CORR Globalrecord= Wrecord1;

When condition2
CHAIN FILE2 Wrecord2;
EVAL-CORR Globalrecord= Wrecord2;

So now I can put the result into one common DS, thanks again.

I don't find the compile message very clear. Just to test it, I tried :
CHAIN FILE1 Wrecord2;

File1 is a PF with RECORD1, File2 is an LF with RECORD1 renamed RECORD2.

This is an extract of the compiled listing : the
gravity level of the message is 20 although in
the summary there is just one message at level
30. If I look at the definitions of Wrecord1 and Wrecord2 they are identical.

*RNF7701 20 1 La structure de données n'est pas admise pour l'opér
* * * * * F I N D U R E C A P I T U L A T I F D E S M E S S A
5722WDS V5R4M0 060210 RN IBM ILE RPG D126169V03/CL
R é c a p i t u l a t i f f i n a l
Nombre total de messages :
Information (00) . . . . . . . : 4041
Avertissement (10) . . . . . . : 11
Erreur (20) . . . . . . . : 0
Erreur grave (30+) . . . . . . : 1

-----Message d'origine-----
De : rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Alan Campin
Envoyé : lundi 16 février 2009 18:58
À : RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Objet : Re: CHAIN + DS as result field

What release level are you at? The new ability
to pass a file to a sub-procedure looks perfect for you. (V6R1).

The other one I could think of is why not just
use an override? Have one dummy input file overridden to the actual.

The other one I could think of is that you do
not need a separate data structure. Couldn't you
declare a templete (Type defintion) in the header and use EVAL-CORR?

d TD_FORMAT...
d e ds ExtName(LF1)
d Based(StdNulPtr)

d FileData...
d ds LikeDs(TD_Format)

FileData = GetFileData(values);

In Subprocedure

d FileData...
d ds LikeDs(TD_Format)

Chain LFILE1 DS1;

Eval-Corr FileData = DS1;

Return FileData;

This could be especially handy if you don't want all the data.

Not sure I am really answering your question.

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM, David FOXWELL
<David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I don't understand why I can't do this :

I have a procedure that selects which LF to

CHAIN to depending upon its input parameters.
All the LF's compiled on the same PF.

Trouble is I seem to need a different DS

receptor for each LF. When I try to compile I
get RNF7595 "Position 1of the DS doesn't
contain a subzone for a record format".

If I look at the compile listing of the DS

definitions DS1 and DS2, they seem to be identical.

D DS1 LIKEREC(LFORMAT1 *INPUT)
D DS2 LIKEREC(LFORMAT2 *INPUT)

CHAIN LFILE1 DS1;

CHAIN LFILE2 DS2;

How can I get the result of the CHAIN into one common DS?

Thanks.

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