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I have an externally defined file with the record consisting
of the following fields
...
Which in essence is 3 arrays of a 24 array
There is a way of reading this file into a 2 dimensional data set
(or am I getting COBOL flashbacks?)
Most of the suggestions I've seen here are more complicated than is
needed. All you really need to do place the field names into DSs in
the required order (no length - just the names). RPG will populate
them for you automagically on each read. If it is essential for all
the fields to be in a single DS then you can use group fields to
achieve this. Doing it this was=y also soft-codes the whole thing so
there's no problem if the field sizes change.
We wrote this technique up some time ago (Feb 2003) you can find the
article here:
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/february03/enewsletterexclusive/8073p1.aspx?ht=
or use this if the long ref won't work:
http://tinyurl.com/nqafj9
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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