Re: Reusing deleted records

Al,

  Here is an excerpt from the OS/400 DB2 for OS/400 Database Programming
V3R2 (SC41-3701-01)
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2.1.2.3 Reusing Deleted Records
<snip>
     One hundred percent reuse of deleted record space is not
guaranteed. A file full condition may be reached or the file may be
extended even though deleted record space still exists in the file. 
<snip>
   ) Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 - 
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As you can see it's not very descriptive but it leaves IBM an out.

The process with the problem deletes the records at month-end and they
get added all month long.  The adds just always appear at the end.

Larry Bolhuis
Arbor Solutions, Inc
lbolhui@ibm.net



Al Barsa, Jr. wrote:
> 
> At 10:45 PM 9/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Sorry if this is a repeat, as I haven't been following this thread
> >extremely close, but a customer presented me with a problem this morning
> >re: Reuse deleted records.  They have a fairly large (1+Mil records)
> >file with a fair number of LFs that gets a LOT of add/delete traffic.
> >They have turned on Reused Deleted Records but it is not working.  They
> >showed me a page from the manual that indicates there are (unnamed)
> >curcumstances when the system will not honor the re-use of deleted
> >records, and their's is not.  The file has more deleted records than
> >un-deleted ones, and all new adds go to the end of the file.
> >
> I have used this function a bit (less than a lot, but more than just
> playing) and I have never seen it not work.
> 
> Note than when the file is opened, the system develops a "deleted record
> map".  This is an internal table of available deleted records to be re-used
> by RR number.  If another application subsequently deleted a record, the
> first application is not aware of the newly deleted record.
> 
> Please send me information as to look on where it will not work.
> 
> Al
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