RE: Input Secondary

There isn't one. I cut my teeth on a S/3 Model 8, with 4 tape drives and
a  2 two hopper MFCU. Cards had current usage and the tapes were the
master files. As efficient a method for processing sequential files as
ever existed, IMO.

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> Subject: Re: Input Secondary
> From: Arthur.Marino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, December 06, 2005 8:12 am
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> True enough about RPG II and III. 
> But if you find a better/easier way to process every record in multiple 
> files in an 'interlaced' fashion WITHOUT using Matching Record processing 
> on primary and secondary file(s), let me know.
> 
> Arthur J. Marino
> Southern Container Corporation
> (631) 231-0400 x133
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> "Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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> Thank you, everyone!  I've learned more about input secondary files now 
> than I ever wanted to know!  And I got down on my knees and thanked God 
> that I don't ever have to program in RPG II anymore!
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> -----Original Message-----
>     From: "Mark Allen"<allenmar@xxxxxxxxx>
>     Sent: 12/5/05 2:31:18 PM
>     To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Subject: Re: Input Secondary
>       Multi-file Processing with No Match Fields  When no match fields are 
> used in multi-file processing, records are selected from one file at a 
> time. When the records from one file are all processed, the records from 
> the next file are selected. The files are selected in this order: 
>        Primary file, if specified 
>        Secondary files in the order in which they are described on the 
> file description specifications. 
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>     Shannon O'Donnell <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  I just came 
> across an old clunker that uses an Inpit Secondary file. I have not seen 
> one of these in about 17 years. Can someone who might have used one more 
> recently give me a Readers Digest overview of how/why this is used? I 
> coukd look it up of course, but if someone knows off the top of their 
> head....
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>     TIA!
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