Re: adding records problem

Hi Mike

You've heard in several ways but here goes - records are always added at the
end, never inserted in any order, if the REUSEDLT attribute is *NO. If the
REUSEDLT attribute is *YES, you don't know where new records go - could be at
the end, could be anywhere there was a deleted record - deleted records are
actually still there, just marked as deleted in the first byte (the so-called
DENT byte) of each record.

In the old days of MAPICS, physical order mattered - we did not even have the
REUSEDLT attribute then. Some apps use relative record number to relate files -
even now. So be careful with this one. And you should not care if you have an
appropriate key (logical file) over the physical file.

HTH
Vern

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Mike Berman <mikeba777@xxxxxxxxx>

Greetings!
I have a physical file, when I add records to it via
the RPG prog. they are not sorted. The key is
co,div,acct.
yet the new records go to the back of theline, rather
than where they sb.
any ideas?
thanks,
Mike



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