Re: File keyed on a date field: the read doesn't actually get anything! What am I doing wrong? -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: File keyed on a date field: the read doesn't actually get anything! What am I doing wrong?
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:16:54 -0500
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On 2026-01-07 5:31 p.m., James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L wrote:

On 1/7/26 2:04 PM, Raul Alberto Jager Weiler wrote:

Do you use the field from the file?
RPG does not load the fields if there are not used.

THAT WAS IT!!!!

If you use CTL-OPT / H-spec DEBUG(*INPUT), the compiler will load the fields even if they are not used.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=expressions-unexpected-results-when-evaluating-variables

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