Re: Reading Files

I found the problem, I was issuing a READ op code the first time, I just
changed to READE and searched the file by item. It now loads in 1 second!
Thanks


Justin Houchin
Programmer
Reliatek, Inc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Houchin" <jhouchin9@charter.net>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Reading Files


> Let me restate my questions with a little more detail. I have one program
> that will display a list of inventory items and there quantities. To
> calculate the inventory quantities I have created a procedure that I call
to
> calculate the quantities and then return a value. The problem is that when
> the procedure reads through all of the individual items calculating
> quantities it will reach the EOF and return the vaule back to the main
> program. OK, the value comes back correctly for the first item. But now it
> starts the do loop back again calling the procedure again to calculate
> another quantity for a different item, the procedure thinks that the
> inventory physical file is still at the EOF position, therefore not
reading
> it and not returning a value. I corrected the problem by inserting SETLL
> before the read in the procedure. Now the program works but it is Slow and
I
> think it is because of the SETLL. Is there a way that I can release the
EOF.
>
> Justin Houchin
> Programmer
> Reliatek, Inc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mike.Collins@syan.co.uk>
> To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Reading Files
>
>
> >
> > That depends on whether you share the open data path when you open the
> file
> > (the SHARE on either the CRTPF/LF or OVRDBF commands). If a file is
opened
> > with SHARE(*YES) then if program A has read say the first record in the
> > file, if you then call program B and read the same file it will read the
> > SECOND record. Specifying SHARE(*YES) can be more efficient, but you
need
> > to design your system so as to allow for the previous scenario. If ni
your
> > case the file is opened SHARE(*NO) then when you issue your first read,
> yes
> > it will read the first record in the file, in terms of either the key or
> > the RRN, depending on how the file is defined in the RPG.
> >
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