Re: Why you shouldn't be afraid to use VARCHAR in RPGLE

Hi Daniel I think it's very clear:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=keywords-varcharlength-2-4

"Each parameter can be a literal or a named constant. If it is a named
constant, the constant must be defined prior to the definition statement."

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Il giorno mer 10 dic 2025 alle ore 15:18 DEnglander--- via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

Daniel,

There are many programs here where EXTNAME() is in the source below
definitions that reference it, so I don't think the position matters.
These are RPGLE as well as SQLRPGLE programs.

I'll wait to see if Barbara or Jon can help with this one.

Thank you,

Doug




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