Re: finding the right place in a RRN file

boothm@earth.goddard.edu wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking there's gotta be an easy way to do this.
> 
> I have a sequential file, sorted into alphabetical order on a field called
> "LastName".  I want to process it as a subfile by Relative Record Number.
> 
> But a user needs to be able  set the file at a particular "LastName",
> based on a keyed-in field called "GetName".
> 
> Is there an easy way to do that?
> Thanks.


Yep.... Just build a logical over the sequential file using the name as
the key.... duplicate names present a problem here but you can "hide"
the record number & use it to chain to get the correct detail record..
use the logical to load the subfile and the name will be in the correct
order and you can reposition the file by name this way... 
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