RE: Limits on composite key length, in various OS releases

["Morgan, Paul" <Paul.Morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James,

I'd bet this is a holdover from the S34/36.   The maximum key length is 99 in RPG II.

Paul Morgan

Principal Programmer Analyst
IT Supply Chain/Replenishment

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:45 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Limits on composite key length, in various OS releases

DeLong, Eric wrote:
> Key length limits of 2000 bytes, may be composed of up to 120 columns.
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/d
> b2/rbafzmstlimtabs.htm
>
> Originally, it seems the key length limit was 120 bytes, though I don't
> see this in official documentation...
>
> http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/rpg/unlocking-the-klist.html

Thanks. That explains a great deal.

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JHHL