RE: INZPFM replacement ???

Just out of curiosity, why would you want to INZPFM a file? I understand
what it does (I think -- it makes a file full of deleted rows) but for what
reason. Many years ago, when disk was scarce and you wanted to make sure you
had room for x rows, maybe, but today that is seldom a problem. 

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken.Slaugh@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Ken.Slaugh@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:38 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: INZPFM replacement ???


I submitted this to the RPG group and haven't had much success other
starting a discussion about the INZPFM command itself...

Maybe some cleaver Midrange-L guru can help with an INZPFM replacement.
Here's the post:
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INZPFM creates records in a physical file member. It can create deleted
records. Can RPG create deleted records?

The WRITE opcode and RECNO are used to write to a particular deleted record
but this technique can NOT append records beyond the extent of the file.
Another issue with INZPFM is that it requires a dedicated file to avoid
LCKW situations.

TIA,

Ken Slaugh (707) 795-1512 x118
Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
CA/400 Certified Specialist
iSeries Network/MSE Administrator
http://www.cm-inc.com/


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