RE: RPG400 SDA query?

["Leland, David" <dleland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I really don't want to start that again.  But, I really do wish IBM
would make it optional whether to use the columns or not.  That would
make everybody happy, wouldn't it?

Dave

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>From:  John Carr[SMTP:74711.77@compuserve.com]
>Sent:  Thursday, October 23, 1997 8:45 PM
>To:    Midrange-L
>Subject:       RE: RPG400 SDA query?
>
>
>RE:    RE: RPG400 SDA query?
>
>Oh No!!!!    
>I hope this is not the start of the dreaded RPG "FREE"  wars again.
>(Where's Paul?)
>
>John Carr
>
>>David wrote:
>>Why do we HAVE to have everything in columns still?  You must be about
>>ready to give us the option to either have them or not to have them,
>>aren't you?
>>Dave
>>From: "Leland, David" <dleland@harter.com>
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>>From:         Hans Boldt[SMTP:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>>Sent:         Thursday, October 23, 1997 9:16 AM
>>To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>>Subject:      Re: RPG400 SDA query?
>>
>>John Carr wrote:
>>>In RPGIV  we would.... LIKE TO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!.
>>
>>>D STRUC     DS
>>>D                   QN001
>>>D                   QN002
>>>D                   QN003
>>>D                3  ARRAY        DIM(3) OVERLAY(STRUC)
>>>
>>>But they have not given us the ability to overlay at the D/S level yet.
>>>sooooo, in this example you would have to define the array like this;
>>>
>>>D          1    9    ARRAY       DIM(3)
>>>
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