Re: Field Names in File Field

["Bill Hopkins" <BHopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 This was not fun. I had multiple files and fields. I wish when I had the 
field name in the driving file I could have a way to tell it to use it's 
value. I found some other people asking on the list. I think they were 
suggesting or asking for something like this ***Note true code

 C                     CHAIN FILE with A5AN8
 C                     CHAIN FILE with ABALPH

 C               Dou     %Eof(F0005)  ***** This file contains Flatfile's 
needed fields
 C                     READ F0005 
 C                     Eval    Flatfile  = Flatfile + 
%trim(%usevalueasfield(DRDL01)) + TAB 
 C                     Enddo
 
With first record with DRDL01 containing field from other file like A5AN8 
with value of '0000006' from chain to file with A5AN8. So result would be 
Flatfile  = '0000006X'05'                       '

Wtih second record with DRDL01 containing field from other file like 
ABALPH with value of 'BILL' from chain to file with ABALPH. So result 
would be 
Flatfile  = '0000006TABBILLTABetc........       '

Thanks
Bill H.
Any thoughts, comments, or thumps on the Head excepted?!.... 

 




"Buck" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I think I might have posted an example to the FAQ at http://faq.midrange.com
or to the archives of the Midrange RPG400-L list at http://www.midrange.com.
Search for 'indirect reference'.  Also, David Morris' excellent
iSeries-toolkit has examples of dynamic SQL http://www.iseries-toolkit.org
  --buck



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