Re: Passing *varsize parameter to another procedure

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Adam,  This particular *varsize field needs to be passed by
reference.  Changing it to varying field would create unnecessary work
for caller.



"Adam Glauser" <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Lim Hock-Chai wrote:
> > Can somebody suggest the best way to pass a *varsize parameter to a
> > *varsize parameter of another procedure with losing the original
length
> > of the variable?
>
> If it is a character variable, consider using a VARYING character 
> instead.  That way the length is always available to whichever
procedure 
> needs it.
>
> Note that this can cause a bit of pain for calling from languages that

> don't fully support VARYING character as a type (CL for instance), but

> it's not that hard to create utility procedure to build VARYING 
> character strings from other string formats.