You can pass a static ProDataSet as a static object using the PARAMETER DATASET form, which is similar to the PARAMETER TABLE form for a temp-table. Also, you can pass either a static or dynamic ProDataSet through its handle using the PARAMETER DATASET-HANDLE, which is similar to the PARAMETER TABLE-HANDLE form for temp-tables.
The DATASET parameter form passes a ProDataSet as a static object to another procedure in the same session or another session. This is the syntax for a parameter definition of this form:
The DATASET-HANDLE form passes the ProDataSet as a dynamic object through a handle variable. This is the syntax for a parameter definition of this form:
You can pass a ProDataSet statically from one procedure using the DATASET parameter form, and receive it in another procedure in the same session or another session as a dynamic object using the DATASET-HANDLE parameter form, and vice versa.
For example, this technique allows you to take a statically defined ProDataSet on the server and pass it to a general-purpose client procedure that:
Receives it dynamically through a DATASET-HANDLE
Analyzes its structure through the handle
Browses or otherwise uses the ProDataSet and its contents using dynamic client-side objects
A static definition is most useful on the server because it allows static business logic to operate directly on the ProDataSet and its temp-tables.
A ProDataSet can also be passed just as a handle using the HANDLE parameter type. As with other objects, a ProDataSet can be passed by a simple reference to its handle only within the same session, and can be accessed only dynamically, that is, through the handle, in the receiving procedure.
Receives it dynamically through a DATASET-HANDLE