Re: RPG Bug

Rajeev,

What you are experiencing is the expected behavior.

A subfile is only a portion of a file.  Under file behavior rules if you chained
#1, chained #2 then tried to update #1 you would get the same results.

A file is a file.  A subfile is just a type of display format.



Rajeev Asthana wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I posted this problem yesterday only but it got mixed up somewhere and so I'm
> posting it again.
>
> As per RPG/400 Reference mannual, following should not happen. But it's
> happening to me.
>
> I have more that one subfile - say "Subfile I" and "Subfile II" in a single
> display file and I get  'Update without Read...'  error for "Subfile I" when I
> update "Subfile I" under following conditions:
>
> ...
> (a) Read Subfile I
> ...
> (b) Read Subfile II
> ...
> (c) Update Subfile I --> Gives ERROR at this point.
> ...
>
> There is no Update of Subfile II between (b) and (c).
>
> Isn't this a RPG bug?
>
> Thanks ,
> Rajeev.
>

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