Buck,
Yup, I had to "SCAN" those 72000 characters... <frown>
And I should have said "Close to the end", not the "very end"... <grin>
Reliable Green Debug allow me to scroll through many pages to find it. Without have to change vendor code....
I just issue this command in Green-Screen Debug, which worked!!!!
Eval myvar:C 72000, and scroll through it... <Joy Joy>
I tried to use RDI 9.5.0.2, but it became a pain, to try to issue multiple statements: %substr(myvar 21000 1000), %substr(myvar 22000 1000), etc...
It ended up being at %substr(myvar 33747 1000). Which just using reliable Green-Screen debug only just worked FLAWLESSLY!!! Page through, spot the error, and report it.
NOTE: The vendor had sections of code, and I knew which sections I had to get pass...
The vendor makes their code complicated, and undocumented, so that I will pay them $$$$ an hour to do changes... <LOL>
Nice try, but I am 25-year experience RPGLE developer! 10-years on RDI!!!! <Big Smile> (10-years FULL-TIME on RDI. I used it part-time for 7, but I do not count that...)
PS. The vendor corrected their code. It worked on their Server, but not in the SQLRPGLE code, because a type mismatch... <LOL> 9,0 vs 9,6 decimal fields definition...
So, when in doubt, just use Green Screen Debug... It just works every time!!!! <Big Smirk>
Don't get me wrong. I love RDI 9.5.0.2 debug. But, when in a crunch, I end up going back to reliable Green Screen Debug. And the Fossil Punch-Card Developers say: SEE, why use that "fancy-RDI", it is too slow...
<disappointment>
-Ken Killian-
-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 12:52 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDI 9.5.0.2 cannot display Large variable like Green Screen... <shock>
On 1/7/2016 12:11 PM, Ken Killian wrote:
I got chewed out by a "Green Screener" for redefining my LARGE 32K - 9999k (Plus) in a data-structure with an array. He asked me if I was "Stupid" just use Eval MyVar:C 72000....
What I don't understand is what he did with that information. What does eval myvar:c 72000 tell him that %substr(myvar 72000 1) can not? Surely he doesn't look at each and every one of those 72000 characters?
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--buck
midrange.com
