Re: Data structure changes in QSYSINC?

[Bruce Vining <bruce.vining@xxxxxxxxx>]

As the previous owner of QSYSINC I can safely say that is NOT supposed to
happen. There is no reason for the removal of fields (which is not the same
as saying the fields may no longer be used).

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 4:04 PM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Folks:
>
> How often have you run into changes to the data structures in
> QSYSINC/QRPGLESRC, that causes existing code to fail to compile, and what
> is the best way to rectify the situation?
>
> I just ran into a situation where one of the structures for the QSQGNDDL
> api changed and a program no longer compiles due to missing fields.
>
> It last compiled on 7.1 without a problem.
>
> Luckily, for this particular API, there is an official UDF that provides
> the desired functionality ... but I'm kind of concerned that this might
> happen with other API's that there isn't an alternative for.
>
> Thanks!
>
> david
>
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