RE: Accessing files In QTEMP

Chris,

>It can cause more problems that its worth.<
How?  Yes, there's more cleanup involved, but that is hardly a daunting task.

>Also it is not ISO SQL compliant.<
I'm not sure I'd lose sleep over this.  Honestly, I don't know what the
implications of this are for an application which will likely remain on the
AS/400.

Your idea of using a unique job identifier in the file's records is fine, as
long as it doesn't force a major rewrite of an existing application.

Just my .02

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952


-----Original Message-----
Multi members is NOT the way to go.  It can cause more problems that its
worth.  Also it is not ISO SQL compliant.  If you are generating a 10 char
field for a member name, why not add it as a field and pass to the batch
program for processing.  You are then processing only the records that match
and once a record is processed you can delete it.  Re-use delete on the file
keeps it from eating DASD beyond the largest number of records active at any
one time.  I use the interactive job name/user/number as my key, 26
characters.  Add a sequence number in a data area in qtemp and the same job
can submit multiple batches.

Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst  mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.        http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive   Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park CA  94928  Fax: 707 586-1884

If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000

-----Original Message-----
From: Saunders, Martin P [mailto:Martin.Saunders@capgemini.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 7:30 AM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Accessing files In QTEMP

Use multi-member files instead.  Add/Allocate members as necessary and pass
the member name as a parameter to the next job.  Members can be
removed/deallocated at the end of the second job.  Small amount of effort
required to ensure unique member names for each user.

Martin
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