RE: Syntax error help

How quick will IBM jump on a V5R4 issue, especially a minor one like
this?
Kinda out of date...

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Dennis Lovelady
<iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

If you are on V5R4, then the form you want is apparently a DCR.

Before

V5R4
there is no support, and at i6.1 this is fixed (via PTF). So at V5R4,

I

would suggest you contact your support vendor and tell them what you

want

to
do. They probably do this kind of thing all the time.

It is also possible that the PTF addressing this, mentioned in this

thread

by a few others, is back-leveled to V5R4. With this again, your

support

vendor should be able to help.

Dennis Lovelady
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- those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get

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Is their a form for this? I will be happy to do so.

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: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:34 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Syntax error help

William, I am not in a position to request changes (current client

is

V5R3 and administration is hosted). But if I were, I would submit

a

request for change to the debugger. Since it has been proven that
EVAL %VAR(xxx) is valid syntax for the EVAL statement, and since it

has

also been proven that some variables (such as USER and QUAL)

actually

NEED that %VAR() "keyword,"
it seems to me that the STRDBG action that is taken when F11 is

pressed

while the cursor is on a variable name should be EVAL %VAR(varname)
rather than EVAL varname. Or if not always done, then it should do
that for "reserved words."

Additionally, the words that the debugger has in reserve should

also be

well documented in an easy to find list. I personally have been

unable

to land on such a list.

Just a suggestion that may do the RPG world (at least) a favor.

Dennis Lovelady
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Yes that worked. Thanks to all for your help.

William Moore
California Fine Wire
805-489-5144

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Morgan, Paul
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:15 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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.

Principal Programmer Analyst
IS Supply Chain/Replenishment
508-253-3934

-----Original Message-----
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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themselves than by those found by others."
-- Blaise Pascal

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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exercise."

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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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