Re: Using eval on debug command line

[WAJE0822 <waje0822@xxxxxxxxx>]

I may be missing something in what you're trying to do but what I've done in the past is to display the Data Structure after I've moved the data into it.  That way you get to see the individual data elements.

On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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