Re: Copying multi-format PF

Not sure what you're trying achieve by all this I'm afraid John.

You say:

"I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs, re-populate
the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
different each time."

Why do you need to copy  the logical? Why can't you just copy the
physical(s)? Is it because the logical is the only one with keys and you
need to copy by key?

Can you also clarify why you're clearing the physicals and then repopulating
them please?

Any why do you need to copy the LF to another name?

Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, but rather than launch into what you can and
cannot do with a multi-format logical, I think it's important I/we
understand what the basic objectives are here.

Pete

"John Furniss" <jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:3EA93F61.5C1C8840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> List,
>     I searched the archives, but found nothing to help me with this: I
> have an LF (FileLF) over 3 seperate PFs (FilePF1, FilePF2, FilePF3), and
> I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs, re-populate
> the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
> different each time.
>     It may seem like a strange setup, but this makes up an invoice file
> with three different record lengths (header, detail and total records),
> hence the 3 different PFs with one LF over all three.
>     When I try to copy the file with it's three members and try to
> create the file, get an error saying I cannot copy a multiple member
> file and do a create at the same time. Can I create a join file for all
> three?
>     Ideas?
>     Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> John Furniss
> Applications Programmer
> Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
> mailto:jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone (330) 343-4283 ext. 8371
>
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