Re: Physical File, Record Format Name.

The physical file already has a record format name. Since it was created
with CREATE TABLE, the record format name is the same as the file name. Do
this in your file specs:

FINVENTORY O    E             Disk
F                                     Rename(INVENTORY:INREC)

That renames the record format name (INVENTORY) to a different name (INREC).

You specify the record format name on writes, updates and deletes..."read a
file, write a record...".

On 3/24/06, Mike Troxclaire <mike_troxclaire@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am a novice RPG programmer so this question might be quite simple for
> you
> pros, but here it is. I created lots of physical files using 'CREATE
> TABLE.....' via SQL and went about selecting, updating or deleting from
> those files using Java code where I did not require record format. When I
> am
> trying to do a simple update(or any other operation) to a physical file
> using RPG, do I have to know the record format name of the physical file?
> If
> so, is there a way I can go back and assign a record format name to those
> physical files that I created using SQL?. Is it even necessary for a file
> to
> have a record format name? Or, does the iSeries automatically assigns some
> record format name for any table? If so, where can I grab it from? Any
> help/input in this matter will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike.
>
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