RE: Validating a member name

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

If the user passes a member name with an invalid character string, e.g. 123,
this CL program will die, assuming the name of the member is passed as a
parameter to the CL program.  You should consider using CHECK(VNE)
DSPATR(MDT) on the screen AND use a CL program such as shown.

>This is how I did it:
>
>/* CHECK FOR WEEK MEMBERS OF PHYSICAL FILES AND ADD AS NEEDED */  
>            CHKOBJ     OBJ(VAVLTV) OBJTYPE(*FILE) MBR(WEEK)       
>            MONMSG     MSGID(CPF9801 CPF9815) EXEC(ADDPFM +       
>                         FILE(VAVLTV) MBR(WEEK))                  
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fisher, Don [mailto:DRF@HeiligMeyers.com]
>Sent: September 08, 1999 4:16 PM
>To: 'Midrange List'
>Subject: Validating a member name
>
>
>I don't suppose any of you can tell me how to validate a member name without
>coding my own routine?  I have an application where a member name will be
>entered and I want to make sure the system will take it before I submit the
>job to execute the command that will use the member name.  
>
>I have checked the manuals and even wrote a CL program to attempt an ADDPFM
>command to a file that does not exist.  Trouble with that is the CPD0078
>error message is a diagnostic and not picked up by MONMSG.
>
>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Donald R. Fisher, III
>Project Manager
>Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
>(804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
>Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com
>


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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