Re: Help with data area in RPG

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Willie,

Don's third option (QTEMP) would work.  Every job has its own QTEMP 
library.  Even if the user signs on to two workstations, QTEMP is unique 
to the job.  It's like the old RETAIN-J files on the S/36.


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Willie J. Moore wrote:

> Donald,
> Would you please show me an example of the first two. Cannot use the last 
> suggestion because has to be different for each user that signson.
> Willie..
>
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> Subject: RE: Help with data area in RPG
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>
> One possibility would be to populate the local data area (*LDA) with
> whatever information you want to store in the data area.  Another thought
> would be to pass the information into the RPG program as parameters.  A
> third possibility would be to create the data area in QTEMP using the same
> name for the data area each time.
>
> Will any of those work for you?
>
> Donald R. Fisher, III
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> Create a data area using the 'userid' field in a CL program. This I have
> done.  Where I am having problems is calling this data area in my RPG
> program. I cannot get the created data area to read in my program.
> The data area can be different depending on who runs the job.
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