Re: IBM Object naming rules

On 6/10/2014 11:23 AM, John Rusling wrote:

Rory,

I just had to try it. <g>

Yep - when I run this

crtpf file(qtemp/"a.b.c") rcdlen(1)

wrkobjpdm shows -

Object Type Attribute Text
"a.b.c" *FILE PF-DTA

Then when I run this

runqry () qtemp/"a.b.c"

I get this

....+..
"a.b.c"
******** End of report ********

Never heard of this before. (and, cant think of when I'd need it)

John

It gets even goofier with SQL DDL tables:

create table mylib."this is my table oh yes it is" ("column name with spaces" for colname char(5))

The 10-character object name is rendered as "this0001". Running DSPFFD against the 10-character name shows a field of COLNAME, with an alternative name of "column name with spaces". Running DSPFD against the 10-character object name shows an alternative file name the same as the SQL table name. The old admonishment, "just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it", comes to mind.