Re: Likerec usage

[Marco Facchinetti <marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>]

But in this case records match, only different LF's sharing the same record
format.

I guess there are other reasons besides the name.

Thanks anyway, I'll ask IBM.
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Il giorno lun 22 ago 2022 alle ore 19:28 Hiebert, Chris <
chris.hiebert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

> The record format name pointed to by the data structure must match the
> record format name of the File used on the input operation.
>
> RPG just doesn't allow you to substitute a "similar" data structure for
> input operations like this on Externally Defined files.
> It must be an exact match when trying to use a Result Data Structure.
>
>
> This is probably a requirement to protect programmers who don't realize
> the repercussions of using a Result data structure.
>
> RPG does not perform type checking when a result data structure is used.
> It just moves the data across.
> Which means the error (data decimal or the Date, etc.) would be sent later
> when the field is used.
>
>
> That's also one reason I prefer to use EVAL-CORR to copy the data between
> in input data structure and the procedure parameter.
> Because the EVAL-CORR marries up the fields and performs type checking. It
> also deals with Null capable fields, if you have those.
>
>
> --
> Chris Hiebert
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
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> From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Marco
> Facchinetti
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 8:59 AM
> To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Likerec usage
>
>
>
> However, I see no obvious reason to prevent the use of a Ds likerec based
>
> on an identical record format but only with a different name.
>
>
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