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  3. June 2003

NUMERIC FILE KEYS

I AM DOING A CONVERSION A LEGACY SYTEM WITH A TON OF FILES WITH A KEY OF 7/0 
THE NEW MASTERFILE THE KEY IS 8/0.

IS THERE A WAY TO BUILD A LOGICAL USING THE LAST SEVEN POSITIONS OF THE 8/0 
FIELD.IF NOT I HAVE TO GO INTO A BILLION PRGRAMS AND MOVE THE 7/0 FIELD TO AN 
8/0 FIELD ANN THEN CHAIN.

A NOTE THE 8/0 FIELD WILL NOT OVER 9,999,999 IN THE NEXT 60 YEARS, THE LARGEST 
VALE IN THE 8/0 FIELD IS 14,000 AND THIS IS FROM 12 YEARS OF PROCESSING.

ANY RESOPNSE IS WELCOME. EVEN A GOOD JOKE IS APPRECIATED.

JEFF.GRACE@xxxxxxxxx

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