Re: Passing data structure to batch job -- RPG400-L

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On 5/24/2012 7:09 AM, David Gibbs wrote:

On 5/24/2012 7:39 AM, Koester, Michael wrote:

Never tried this before: I have a sqlrpgle program running in batch
that needs to submit another program to batch and pass a data
structure to that new job. The original job executes in just a few
seconds, the new job executes calls to web services that take maybe
45 seconds each to return results, so I'm reluctant to burden the
original job with that kind of wait. I normally use a call to
QCMDEXC to launch (via sbmjob) such a job from RPG, but my question
is more about passing a data structure ( like I'd do in a prototyped
call ). Is a data queue required here?

A data queue would work, although it might be overkill. I would suggest you look at the *LDA for this.

That was my first thought as well. An alternative would be to pass the data structure as a single large parameter. The submitted job can redefine the parameter as an internal data structure with multiple elements.

The LDA approach strikes me as a little easier.

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