RE: Syntax error help

Try using EVAL %VAR(USER) which will work. %VAR() gets you around the error when you're using a reserved word.

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Willie J. Moore
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 2:50 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Subject: RE: Syntax error help

That is what I am doing now. If I rename field then work great. Will hunders of files and programs, this could take some time.

William Moore
California Fine Wire
805-489-5144

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Lovelady
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:27 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Syntax error help

My, my! This happens even at V5R3. Lucky me: I never saw this until today.

It's not listed as a reserved word in the RPG manual, and I cannot find any reserved words mentioned in the docs for STRDBG.

Someone suggested that USER is a reserved word in SQL. I believe it's reserved in COBOL too... but so what? Curious why that should be an issue at all, but especially when debugging a non-SQL program.

Sounds like a good time to call the support vendor.

Dennis Lovelady
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The syntax error occurs in the debugger, not the compiler or run-time.
I threw together a simple program to test with:

D userid s 10a inz(*user)
D user s 10a
c move userid user
c user dsply
c eval *inlr = *on

Compiles and runs without error. Shows the expected result.

however, if you go into the green-screen STRDBG debugger, set a
breakpoint on the DSPLY line, and when it hits that breakpoint, type
"eval user" (without the quotes) it says:

"Syntax error occurred."

Hitting help shows that the error is CPF7E15. It doesn't provide much
of use as to why this is a syntax error, or how you are expected to
solve the problem.


On 7/6/2010 12:36 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:

What is the message ID of this syntax error? I'm quite confused

because you

say this compiles OK and that it has a syntax error. On what
command

does

the syntax error occur? What additional information can you provide?

I don't understand your comment below about debug at all.

Dennis Lovelady
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I am getting a syntax error on the following field 'USER':
C move userid user

User is a field in our files. We just started having a problem with
user in our files not being correct. After running a debug and
displaying the user field was when I saw the syntax error. The

compile

ran fine.

Also on the debug line is: EVAL USER

This has worked ok in the past.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

William Moore
California Fine Wire
wjmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx
805-489-5144

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