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How You Specify Field Values When Calling $RMDBAPI from an NCL Procedure

If you are calling from an NCL procedure, consider the following:

• You can add the following statement before the call to share the field values:

  &CONTROL SHRVARS=(ZRMDB)
  

  Specify each value in ZRMDBfield-name-n. In this case, you do not need to specify the field name operands. You can, however, override the specified variable values by using the operands.

  Note: If you share field values, the API ignores misspelled field names. If you misspell a name, the intended value is not set.

• You can use the following statement to preserve case-sensitive field values:

  &CONTROL NOUCASE
  

• If you use the operands to pass the values, beware of the following:
  • The maximum length of an &CALL or EXEC statement is 2048 characters.
  • Do not enclose values in quotes. Use variables to assign strings.
  • If a value contains blanks, then for an EXEC statement, use &CONTROL NOVARSEG and pass the value as a variable, for example:

    &CONTROL NOVARSEG
    &DCMD=&STR D J,STC1
    EXEC $RMDBAPI SERVICE=CREATE … DISPCMD=&DCMD …