How big exactly is the block of data you're trying to write? There is no limit to each WRITESEQ (that I am aware of) but OS file size limitations do apply.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Baron Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:11 AM To: U2-Users (E-mail) Subject: [U2] [UD]WRITESEQ quirkiness Here's a puzzler: what is it that causes the ELSE clause to be executed in a WRITESEQ block when the only apparent change is the content of the data to be written. I've included a section of code below followed by the output from two subsequent calls. In the first, the code executes the THEN clause and prints SENDING... In the second, the ELSE clause is executed producing the ERROR WRITING... results. Any thoughts? Could it be that there is a limit to the size of the data that wan be written using WRITESEQ? This code segment: ****************** SAVE_MESSAGE_FILE: UNIX_DIR = "/unidata/lodginglink/" SAVE_DIR = "/unidata/lodginglink/save/" DATE_PART = DATE() TIME_PART = TIME() MSG_PART = UHLL.ITEM<UHLL.TXN.ID.AMC> : UHLL.ITEM<UHLL.SEQ.NUM.AMC> FILE_NAME = DATE_PART:TIME_PART:MSG_PART:".out" OPENSEQ UNIX_DIR, FILE_NAME TO FILE_POINTER THEN OK_TO_CONTINUE = TRUE. END PRINT "OPENSEQ STATUS IS " : PRINT STATUS() MSG_HEX = OCONV(MSG_OUT,"MX") WRITESEQ MSG_HEX ON FILE_POINTER THEN IF TRACE.ON THEN PRINT "SENDING: " : MSG_OUT END END ELSE PRINT "ERROR WRITING" PRINT "ASCII MESSAGE IS " : MSG_OUT PRINT "HEX MESSAGE IS " : MSG_HEX PRINT "FILE NAME IS " : FILE_NAME END CLOSESEQ FILE_POINTER SAVE_MESSAGE_FILE_EXIT: RETURN ******* Produces this output: OPENSEQ STATUS IS 0 SENDING: ^B451900000389999^C1 OPENSEQ STATUS IS 0 ERROR WRITING ASCII MESSAGE IS ^B254440000369999008019DISHONGH, GEORGIA L1060091*1163482144001015100101740043801175003SY11770010^C0 HEX MESSAGE IS 02323534343430303030333639393939303038303139444953484F4E47482C2047454F 524749 41204C313036303039312A313136333438323134343030313031353130303130313734 303034 33383031313735303033535931313737303031300330 FILE NAME IS 135014589700369999.out Dana Baron System Manager Smugglers' Notch Resort ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/