RE: Difference between Select and Omit in LF

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   9. Difference between Select and Omit in LF (Peter Colpaert)
>
>A          S PSATFG                    COMP(EQ 'A') 
>A          S PSSTCD                    COMP(LT '30')
>
>as opposed to
>
>A          O PSATFG                    COMP(NE 'A') 
>A          O PSSTCD                    COMP(GE '30')

Do these select identical sets of records? Isn't the first (PSATFG = 'A' *or 
PSSTCD < 30) and the second is (*not(PSATFG <> 'A') *or *not(PSSTCD >= 30))

Consider these records:

RRN PSATFG    PSSTCD
 1    A         29
 2    A         30
 3    A         31
 4    B         29
 5    B         30
 6    B         31

The first will select RRNs 1, 2, 3 and 4. The second will select only RRN 1. 
The *or between the tests makes the problem appear.

No?

Tom Liotta

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