Re: command string to long for STRPCCMD PCCMD()

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Booth,

I opened a DOS command window on my Win10 PC and entered

C:\Users\Peter>start 
https://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/group?id=524901,703448,2643743&units=metric&appid=b6907d289e10d714a6e88b30761fae22
'units' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'appid' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

However, it opened up my web browser (Google Chrome) with the address 
bar showing 
"https://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/group?id=524901,703448,2643743"; 
and the display area showing

{"cod":401, "message": "Invalid API key. Please see http://openweathermap.org/faq#error401 for more info."}


It looks to me like you need to somehow escape the ampersands (&). I used a caret (^) and it worked:

C:\Users\Peter>start 
https://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/group?id=524901,703448,2643743^&units=metric^&appid=b6907d289e10d714a6e88b30761fae22

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On 11/22/2019 11:18 AM, Booth Martin wrote:
> * Prototypes.
>        dcl-pr Qcmd extpgm('QCMDEXC');
>         *n varchar(1024) const;
>         *n packed(15: 5) const;
>        end-pr;
>        dcl-s wCmd varchar(1024);
>
> ...
>
> /free
>
>    wCmd = 'STRPCCMD PCCMD(start ' + URL + ') PAUSE(*NO)';
>    Qcmd(wCmd: %len(wCmd));
>
> URL is
>
>  ....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60
> 'https://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/group?id=524901,'
> '703448,2643743&units=metric&appid=b6907d289e10d714a6e88b3076'
> '1fae22                                                      '
>
> error is:
>
> String ' ¤STRPCCMD' contains a character that is not valid.
> Characters in qualifier beginning 'GROUP?ID=5' not valid.
> A matching parenthesis not found.
>
>
>
> On 11/22/2019 5:48 AM, Bruce Vining wrote:
> > Interesting.  Any chance you could post your CL/RPG/whatever program
> > calling QCMDEXC?