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At 09:12 PM 9/22/98, you wrote:
>Al,
>
>At 04:44 AM 9/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>You are correct.  When a file that specifies REUSEDLT(*YES) is opened, as a
>>part of the open, OS/400 develops the deleted records map.  When a record
>>is added under that file open OS/400 consults the deleted records map for
>>the RR# of where to add the record.  When all deleted records have been
>>exhausted, only then are new records added at the end of the file.  If
>>another job opens the file later and deletes a record, the first job will
>>not know about the newly deleted record until the file is closed and
>reopened.
>
> If I understand corretly, that means that if a second opens the file
>halfway through the first job's execution that the deleted records map will
>be updated for the first job, too.  Correct?
>
Sorry for the misunderstanding.  The second job will get it's own newly
updated deleted records map, but the first job will still have the stale
map.  For the first job to get a refreshed map, it would have to close and
re-open the file.

Al




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