Yep, RawContent is potentially truncated and isn't meant for accessing the full message.

You can use the OutputTo* methods to get the whole message. OutputToLibraryStream is going to be the best option because a stream object can be of unlimited size. OutputToString will work, but only for messages that are smaller than the maximum string size (around 3 megabytes, assuming you have long strings enabled in the Caché config. If not, then 32k).

You can use the %Dictionary classes to get details of the class and methods:

USER>do $System.SQL.Shell()
SQL Command Line Shell
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The command prefix is currently set to: <<nothing>>.
Enter <command>, 'q' to quit, '?' for help.
[SQL]USER>>SELECT FormalSpec FROM %Dictionary.MethodDefinition WHERE parent='My.Test.Class' AND Name='TestMethod'
1.      SELECT FormalSpec FROM %Dictionary.MethodDefinition WHERE parent='My.Test.Class' AND Name='TestMethod'
 
FormalSpec
param1:%String,param2:%Numeric
 
1 Rows(s) Affected
statement prepare time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0033s/321/1482/0ms
          execute time(s)/globals/cmds/disk: 0.0006s/3/385/0ms
                          cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls14
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SQL]USER>>

I'll be interested to see others' thoughts on this as well, but one approach is:

  • Create a new empty database for the globals
  • Use GBLOCKCOPY or MERGE to copy each of the globals from the current DB to the new globals DB. I believe GBLOCKCOPY is faster than MERGE.
  • After they are copied/merged to the new DB kill the globals in the currrent DB. This then becomes your routines DB.

Or you can do the opposite and export all of your routines from the current DB, import them into a new routines DB, then delete them from the current DB which becomes your globals DB. This would be faster than the first approach unless your globals are really small.