Which is the best way to look for RFC Errors ??

[Former Member]

Hi,

we have some RFC Problems. From an RPG program on an iSeries we are requesting via RFC some database-records from an other iSeries with the R3 System.

Sometime the program will end abnormaly, or the RFC Connection we not be ok.

Which is the best way to look for log file or something like that?

smgw or sm21 : There is not so much to see.

Greetings

Carsten Schulz

[RSchmerbauch · Accepted solution]

You might not find the exact answer, but you can find a lot of information about RFC connections in the redbook, Part 5, Ch 29 and 30.

<a href="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/65f0d9cea6e0ab57852569e0007452bb/83c867a731a499208525706e0016ef6d?OpenDocument">http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/65f0d9cea6e0ab57852569e0007452bb/83c867a731a499208525706e0016ef6d?OpenDocument</a>

[Former Member]

Hi Carsten,

I think, this becomes very soon "individual consulting", but one question:

Do you logon every time new to the SAP system or do you leave the connection open for a long time ?

We typically logon every time new for such communication.

What LIBRFC do you use ? I can only tell you that 4.6D EBCDIC from the COM Kernel is a very good thing ... The higher and newer ones are mostly compiled in a way, that RPG cannot cope with that.

Regards

Volker

[Former Member]

Hi Carsten,

thanks to Joachim Kern from SAP he now taught me how to use the 6.40 EBCDIC LIBRFC.

This works very good and even doesn't need a recompile when you used the 4.6D EBC COM before. I still cannot tell you to use the EXT kernel LIBRFC for RPG programs, because the used TERASPACE is typically not compatible with RPG.

But, this means, you should use the LIBRFC 6.40 EBC because this os far longer maintained ... (and we had a problem 1 year ago that after an OS/400 Upgrade our "very old" librfc didn't work properly any more. So, it is always helpful to use the latest technology, especially as this is downward compatible. (It has nothing to do with your SAP system release!)

Regards

Volker Gueldenpfennig, consolut.gmbh

http://www.consolut.de - http://www.4soi.de - http://www.easymarketplace.de

Message was edited by: Volker Gueldenpfennig