Re: Writing to the joblog with API Qp0zUprintf...

[Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

I think you should be using Qp0zLprintf() rather than Qp0zUprintf().

At any rate, Qp0zLprintf() contains this information:

The data printed by *Qp0zLprintf()* is buffered one line at a time, and a
new message in the job log is forced every 512 characters if a new line (\n)
is not detected in the data before that time. The buffer used by *
Qp0zLprintf()* is not physically written when the application ends. To
ensure messages are written to the job log, always use a new line (\n) at
the end of each *format-string*.

I've had problems with this as well, where it has buffered the data - I'd
try playing with your line delimiters - perhaps a CRLF?

Alternatively, just call QMHSNDPM (perhaps in a nice wrapper to avoid
havnign to specify all ythose pesky parameters?

Rory

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm attempting to write to the joblog usng API Qp0zUprintf.  I'm on V7 on
> the IBM i.
> My code follows:
>
>      * Procedure for writing to the joblog
>     D WriteToJobLog...
>     D                 PR            10I 0 ExtProc('Qp0zUprintf')
>     D  szOutputStg                    *   Value OPTIONS(*STRING)
>     D                                 *   Value OPTIONS(*STRING:*NOPASS)
>
>     d  rc             s             10i 0
>     d sqlString       s            100a   inz('CREATE PROCEDURE')
>     d COMPILEERROR    c                   'Compile error.'
>
>      /free
>
>       // Attempt to create the statement
>       Exec SQL
>         EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :sqlString;
>
>       // Check if it was created successfully
>       If sqlState = SQLSUCCESS;
>         // Do something
>         dsply 'Success' ' ';
>       Else;
>         errmsg = COMPILEERROR;
>         rc = WriteToJobLog('CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE FAILED...' +
>                            '\n' + X'25');
>         dsply 'BooHoo' ' ';
>       Endif;
>      /End-free
>
> When I execute the WriteToJobLog procedure rc = 40 therefore 40 characters
> were written.  But when I display the joblog I can not see the message but
> I
> do see the dspmsg BooBoo.
>
> Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Rogerson
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