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Assuming you are in RPG here. Use %ScanRpl.

dcl-c SPEC_CHAR x'94'; // Just an example.

dcl-s SqlStmt VarChar(1000);

SqlStmt = 'Select <S> From FileX';
Sqlstmt = %ScanRpl('<S>':SPEC_CHAR:SqlStmt);



On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:30 PM Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Try building the command as a separate string, e.g. THESQL , then RUNSQL
SQL(THESQL). See if that works.

Sam

On 2/16/2021 2:49 PM, Francois Lavoie wrote:
If that may help, it looks like the command length is wrong and the
string null gets read


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Cause . . . . . : The string contains a character that is only valid
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