RE: Convert from free to fixed

I'll put in a preference for the condition handler solution. We recently wrote a Condition Handler that has proven itself in user experience and resource management. Rather than having the job fail out to the system operator's message queue, we allow un-foreseen conditions to be handled by this function. But it uses the *PSSR as well. The current hole in this function is the re-action to imbedded SQL that might fail...we need to add the SQL Communication Area to the Handler Logic.

The beauty of this handler-style response to un-foreseen conditions is that it is completely customizable to your particular theories on error management.

steve

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:27 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Convert from free to fixed

Nothing wrong with it - some think tried and true techniques should
never be used, just because they aren't their hottest new thing.

Now PSSR is just one method of handling errors - it does have some
limitations. If you recognize those, use it. But monitor-endmon can be
better, various registering of error handlers can be useful, etc.

Verb

On 9/28/2010 8:55 AM, hockchai Lim wrote:

what is wrong with *PSSR? It is very useful when writing RPG program that
can be called from a web application. I wouldn't think it would be a good
idea for this type of program to go into MSGW status.




<dieter.bender@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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... just to fool the russians!

D*B

BTW: why should anybody use overlay, OVRDBF, *PSSR...

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From: "David FOXWELL"<David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:08 AM
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Convert from free to fixed

Would someone please say why one would want to do this?

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Harman, Roger
Envoyé : mardi 28 septembre 2010 01:02
À : 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Objet : RE: Convert from free to fixed

It hurts just to look at it in fixed format.......


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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:51 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Convert from free to fixed

On 2010/9/27 5:26 PM, Gary Kuznitz wrote:

Ok, I know everyone is going to cringe on this one.

I'm having trouble converting from RPGLE free to fixed

format with this statement:

/free
fnd = %lookup(%subst(bighunkdata:gt:len) : xmlfield ); /end-free

I can't resist a challenge ...

Steve Needles already posted this solution that is guaranteed
to be equivalent to the original:
c eval fnd =
c %lookup(%subst(bighunkdata:gt:len):xmlfield)

In case that's still too free, here's another (untested)
version that I believe is also equivalent.
C *like define xmlfield temp
C len subst(p) bighunkdata:gttemp
C z-add 1 fnd
C temp lookup xmlfield(fnd)
10
C *in10 ifeq *off
C z-add 0 fnd
C endif
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