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  • Subject: Re: Need Help
  • From: Mark Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 16:53:36
  • In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=Packerland%l=PPCUB02-970731142630Z-157@ppcub02.www.packerland.com>

Greg,

>I am looking for some advise.  I am working on a project, this project
>requires that I compare records from 2 files.  File A and File B.  File
>A is the primary file and File B is the secondary file.  I need to
>compare the records that are in File A to the records in File B.  What I
>am having a problem with is if there is a record in File B that is not
>in File A I need to know that.  I Was going to read File A and chain out
>to File B to see if the record exists in File B.  I am having problems
>on how to determine if there is a record in File B that is not in File
>A.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 This is politically incorrect, since it requires the RPG cycle, but RPG
Matching Record processing is a natural for this ( only ~ 10 lines! ).

 -mark

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