Re: web services parameters limitation

A DS is the way to go for sure - the smaller the number of parms the better as with regular calls.

The limit on parms is documented in the IWS manual as follows:

"A procedure in an ILE service program (*SRVPGM) that is to be externalized as a web service can have a
maximum of 7 parameters. An ILE program (*PGM) can have a maximum of 32 parameters on IBM i 6.1
and 255 parameters on IBM i 7.1 and subsequent releases".

The limit may have increased since then - although I would never want to go above 3 or 4 anyway so I have never felt the need to check. The service program limitation is a little restrictive - they should probably raise that if only to accommodate existing procedures that have more than that. I _think_ the limits arise from the Java tooling rather than IWS itself. David might know the answer to that.


Jon Paris

On Aug 17, 2021, at 9:57 AM, Jean-Marc DUVAL via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Alan,

That’s what I am going to test… I will return my result.


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Hi Jean-Marc
Instead of having so many parameters, why not use a data structure instead – and pass that ONE data structure as the parameter

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Alan,

Yes i did, but don’t find answers, that why I ask it to the very expert members of the list 😉

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Okay
However – I have since blown some of the cob webs from my mind, and I believe there IS a limitation that I seem to remember has been increased in V7r4
But again – I cannot find what I am looking for
Have you tried a google search?
I did a quick search but couldn’t really find anything – but it might be what I was searching for
“as400 iws parameter limitation”

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Alan,

Thanks for you reply.
I have REST web service with PUT method that have 16 parameters and it works…
I think 32 parameters is more that I can use ☹

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Hi Jean Marc
When I first looked into IWS some months ago – I had a problem in using more than one parameter.
Someone suggested that a particular ptf had to be applied. This rectified my problem

Unfortunately, I am unable to locate my notes as to what ptf and who it was that told me
If you were successful in the past, but never had more than one parameter, this maybe the problem
I will continue looking for my notes, but maybe someone else will know what I am speaking of
If you have been successful in using more than one parameter, then what I am looking for is obviously NOT the answer
Let me know

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] web services parameters limitation

Hi,

I would like to know if there were a limitation for the number of parameters in REST web services ?
I am in 7.2 version and use V2.6 web services.

I am trying to build a web service with 32 parameters and it does not work...
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