RE: How to create a jeyed file without DDS

Denis, if you are truly trying to rid your system of the BLDFILE issue then
also consider gtting rid of the matching DELETE FILE.  It provides some
system performance improvements too.

My experience is that the BLDFILE command is better fixed by replacing it
with  CRTDUPOBJ, and build those files once somewhere, then never build them
again.   If the CRTDUPOBJ fails then do a CLRPFM on the object.

After that, look for file deletes and replace them with CLRPFM.

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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:46:27 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: How to create a jeyed file without DDS
Yes, that is the way I am going.
Denis Robitaille
Directeur services techniques
Cascades Inc
819 363 5187
fax 819 363 5177
>>> aparkhouse@mediaone.net 10/23/01 10:30am >>>

Denis,
If you are thinking of creating a flat file with an index composed of a
single 'field', then it should not be too difficult to create a DDS
source member on the fly within an RPG or COBOL program. You only have
three combinations of stuff: field1-key-field2,field-key, or key-field.
Then calculate the lengths based upon record and key lengths, create the
DDS and issue a CRTPF against it. I'm sure that I'm forgetting
something, but it really doesn't sound too difficult and could be a fun
little utility.
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
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