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On 17-Feb-2012 01:24 , Raja Ayyer wrote:
Recently I had an issue with the DSPFD command - Reduced the
record length of a database file (having record length 5777)
with the *OUTFILE (into QTEMP) and *RCDFMT options to 290!!
The "Subject:" says DSPFFD, but the above quoted text notes DSPFD,
and presumably for an invocation specifying the TYPE(*RCDFMT) [Type of
information] used to obtain "Record Format" information about "a
database file" which is unnamed, but presumably one that is expected to
have a Record Length of 5777 bytes as recorded in RFLEN of RcdFmt
QWHFDFMT of the "System outfile for DSPFD TYPE(*RCDFMT)" named QAFDRFMT
in QSYS or QSYS29##].
So given the comment that the DSPFD TYPE(*RCDFMT) has "Reduced the
record length ... to 290", is the implication that instead of RFLEN=5777
for the output from DSPFD, the value of RFLEN=290?
Since the RcdLen for QWHFDFMT had\has long been 290, I suspect that
the issue described is a just mis-inference about the scenario; i.e. a
usage error.
Would appreciate if anybody can tell me whether this is normal
with the above options?
If not simply a misunderstanding of what was being viewed [e.g.
accidentally viewing DSPFFD of the named OUTFILE() in library QTEMP,
instead of looking at the value of RFLEN for the row data stored in the
output file], then perhaps a detailed description involving the scripted
requests and the effect\output of each step, rather than the attempt to
describe in /words/ would be more fruitful.?
I encountered this on the AS400 i-5series.
That the issue deals with AS/400, iSeries, i5/OS, or IBM i seems
intuitively obvious, not just for mention of what are presumabbly
uniquely named commands DSPFFD and DSPFD, but even solely based upon the
forum\mailing-list to which the message was posted. The OS level
[Version, Release, and Modification level], and perhaps the installed
language, would be much more pertinent in describing an issue.
Regards, Chuck
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