Re: Relative Record Number

>I'm still stuck.  What is wrong with this code? 
>Why do I get a value of 000538976288 as the value 
>in the fields DB1RRNand DB2RRN for every single record? 
>This is in a 7-record file. Both files are logicals.
>
>     FPHONEFL1  IF   E           K DISK    REMOTE INFDS(DB1)
>     F                                     RENAME(RPHONE:RPHONE1)
>     FPHONEFL2  IF   E           K DISK    REMOTE INFDS(DB2)
>     F                                     RENAME(RPHONE:RPHONE2)
>     D DB1             DS
>     D DB1RRN                397    400B 0
>     D DB2             DS
>     D DB2RRN                397    400B 0

This number is the equivalent of x'20202020' - ASCII Blanks.

Similar code works for me in VaRPG (SP5) i.e. DB1RRN is 
populated with a "real" number whether I use a PF or LF.

Have you done any I/O to either file before checking the value?
Was the input successful?  When I do a READ/CHAIN and
get a no record condition, the INFDS has x'20202020'

Other folks have mentioned record blocking and POST.
Record blocking means that the INFDS isn't updated as frequently
as you might think.  POST tells the compiler to update the
INFDS immediately, but you need to read the restrictions on exactly
what fields do and do not get updated after a POST.

Buck Calabro
CommSoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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