Re: Update a particular record in a sequential file

Just a thought.  Do have the relative record number of the record you 
require?  Or could you arrange to store it from a previous process?  If 
you known the RRN you can CHAIN straight to the record required without 
using any indexes.  I have to say you don't do this kind of thing very 
often though - you'd need quite a good reason not to create a logical 
file...


Mike

rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 28/04/2005 08:24:43:

> Ganesh,
> 
> short answer: "no".
> 
> long answer: "no, this is not possible without either creating a logical 

> or using embedded SQL"
> 
> very long answer: "you don't need to read the file until the end, you 
can 
> stop reading once you've reached and updated the record".
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Peter Colpaert
> Application Developer
> Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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> I have this situation where I need to update a particular record in a
> file (Arrival sequence with no keys) without reading it fully. That
> particular record can be anywhere in the file. Is it possible to do this
> through RPGLE without creating any logical file for the file and also
> without using SQLRPGLE.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ganesh
> 
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