Re: The QSYGETPH API

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/07/2004, at 12:15 AM, Pete Helgren wrote:

> 1        User ID         Input   Char(10)       
> 2        Password        Input   Char(*)        
> 3        Profile handle  Output  Char(12)
>
> where before it was:
>
> 1        User ID         Input   Char(10)       
> 2        Password        Input   Char(10)       
> 3        Profile handle  Output  Char(12)
>
> I don't see however any documentation on what the char(*) looks like.

All they mean is that the Password parameter is now of undefined 
length. IT IS NOT A POINTER NOR IS IT A STRING. It is simply a 
character field the length of which is specified in the 5th parameter.

Documentation for the API data types (such as CHAR(*)) does exist. It 
is found in the Information Centre under 
Programming->APIs->Concepts->Data types

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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