Re: RFE support for variable-length fields in CL?

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 09/12/2017
09:59:24 AM:

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 09/11/2017
08:24:17 PM:

Just tossing a trial balloon out here. Would there be support for an

RFE

asking for variable-length fields in CL? Like a varchar data type?

There is already support for it -- but not an explicit data type

(if that is what you mean). What I mean is there is support for

variable

character definitions without having to use %BIN to build or use them.

The

following is an example. But, yes, you still have to use %SST to get

the

actual data out of the second variable shown below. A specific data

type

would eliminate even that.

/******************************************************************************/

/* Structure for AD Mail Address (See LDAPCS_GetEmailAddress in

UTLDAPCSV) */

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/* &AD_MADDL is the length of the Active Directory Mail Address; and, */
/* &AD_MADDR is the returned Active Directory Mail Address. */

/******************************************************************************/

DCL VAR(&AD_MAIL) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(66)
DCL VAR(&AD_MADDL) TYPE(*UINT) LEN(2) STG(*DEFINED) DEFVAR(&AD_MAIL

1)

DCL VAR(&AD_MADDR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(64) STG(*DEFINED) DEFVAR(&AD_MAIL

3)

I said "out of the second variable" but I meant "out of the last
variable". I also should have stated that I am in favor of an RFE
requesting an explicit data type of *VARCHAR for CLLE.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark