Re: Issue with Override in sub procedure / RPGLE -- RPG400-L

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Dutch:

Rather than using the OVRDBF command, look into using the ILE RPG IV FILE-level keywords EXTFILE and EXTMBR -- These allow you to specify a field to contain the qualified file name and a field to contain the member name to use at "runtime" ... (at file OPEN time).

This way, you can have the local copy of the FILE in the procedure working with the same member, or a different member ...

HTH,

Mark S. Waterbury

> On 11/21/2014 2:50 PM, RPGLIST wrote:

I haven't run into this specifically before today, but I'm wondering what
a suitable solution would be.

I have an override on a multi-member file. In a sub-procedure I have the
same file declared locally that is adding and deleting some records, but
I've noticed that the file in the procedure is ignoring the override.

Is there a reason for this? I would have thought that since the OVRDBF is
at the program level (CLLE that calls the program) it would hold it for
the secondary declaration in the procedure.

Suggestions, in this particular case I need BOTH the mainline and the
procedure to use a specific member.

Dutch

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