Re: Dynamic File Selection

You could make a call to QCMDEXC and do the OVRDBF *before*
you open the specific file...

Terry

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From: COBOL400-L [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rich Loeber
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:55 AM
To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
Subject: [COBOL400-L] Dynamic File Selection

I have an interesting problem. From within my CBLLE
program, I have a
single file defined, but the actual file being processed may vary
depending on how a user responds to a query. For example,
I have FILEA,
FILEB and FILEC all identical but with different content.
I want to be
able to switch between them from a single file definition
for FILEX. Is
there an equivalent to OVRDBF that I can call in the CBLLE
program before
I open the file that will make the switch?

The problem is that I cannot go from CLLE to CBLLE in this
case, which is
how this would normally be handled.

Suggestions?

Rich
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