Re: Using eval on debug command line

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think EVAL in DEBUG is only to change the value of a variable during the
debug session. Not to use as a replacement of an RPG code line.

So it is :

Debug . . .   EVAL chds = "Mytext"

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 27-9-2012 at 13:39 Gary Thompson wrote:

> Why do I get an "Assignment type error occurred."
> when I code an eval on the debug command line that
> attempts to copy a 5k byte field into a data structure?
>
> Example:
> Debug . . .   EVAL chds = a5kfld
>
> The identical statement executes in code, but not from
> my debug command line.
>
> I have a module that I use in rpgle where an sql statement has
> parameter markers that must be replaced with a user-selected
> value.
>
> the fields passed to the module are 5k bytes and when I want
> to view these fields in debug I have been coding an eval to copy
> the long field to a DS that breaks the field into 1024 byte segments
> I can display, but I would like to avoid the code, just include the
> chds that breaks the field into 1024 byte segments, and enter
> the EVAL from the command line.
>
>
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