Re: Can you use a DDM data area with i5_data_area_read?

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

   Hmmm... I see I forgot to include the link to the Create Data 
Area command which describes the layout of the creation data 
presented by the Display Data Area of a DDMDTAARA [the object 
Attribute of a DDM DataArea; see RTVOBJD OBJATR()] when requesting 
SYSTEM(*LCL) against a DDM data area.  FWiW:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/ddp/rbae5crtdt.htm

  Noted additionally there is the "Retrieve Data Area (QWCRDTAA) 
API", which like RTVDTAARA, has no option to get the *LCL data 
presented by the DSPDTAARA command; i.e. like CHGDTAARA, these all 
default to [and will only] act on the target\remote data area, in 
contrast to the DSPDTAARA default.

CRPence wrote:
> Re: DSPDTAARA does not show the data of the remote DtaAra,
> instead the "attributes of how it was created and such.":
>
> To test the data area interactively, use DSPDTAARA SYSTEM(*RMT)
> [or RTVDTAARA and DMPCLPGM, debug, or otherwise, or CHGDTAARA and
> view the updated data area on the target system].  The shipped
> default for DSPDTAARA is SYSTEM(*LCL), which as you noticed, is
> not very helpful. FWiW I was [similarly] disappointed to find its
> default was not SYSTEM(*DTAARATYPE), or some other special value
> available to effect similar to the special value *FILETYPE on the
> QDBRTVFD API.  Instead of adopting my point of view, it was just
> pointed out that SYSTEM() of DSPFD defaulted to *LCL and although
> it supported *ALL [which does not fit with DSPDTAARA design] but
> no *FILETYPE. :-(
>
> Tom Deskevich wrote:
> > I tried this with a DDM data area and I did not get anything 
> > returned.
> >
> > When I switched it to a data area that resides on our box, it 
> > worked fine.
> >
> > Did not see anything in searching, but did read that DDM can be
> > used. I have DDM files and they are ok. I know that the DDM
> > data area seems to be a different animal. When you view it, you
> > do not see the actual data area but attributes of how it was
> > created and such.