RE: MODS Likerec

Birgitta, I can do that but does this solve my problem? Because, at first sight, the only difference is I will use an array index instead of %occur BIF to retrieve the DS values; under the covers, is it not the same idea like MODS?


Thank you


Florin Todor



-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:13 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Subject: AW: MODS Likerec

Why do you want to use a MODS, why not defining an Array Data Structure?

D MYDS DS Dim(12345)
D MyRec LikeRec(MyRecord)

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Tom Huff
Gesendet: Monday, 27. September 2010 18:02
An: 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Betreff: RE: MODS Likerec

Try creating another subfile and read from one and write to another and then
back to the original with the records inserted on one of the passes.

Tom

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Florin Todor - YYZ Concord
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:26 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: MODS Likerec

Hello everyone,



Before posting this question I hesitated a lot, because I know it is
something basic for most of you; unfortunatelly I couldn't find the
answer myself, so please help!



This is the idea: I have a subfile populated by the user. I want to
insert some records between already existed records if some criteria is
met. My idea was to read the entire subfile and to save it to a MODS
defined with LIKEREC(the subfile record name), clear the subfile and
repopulated it one by one record (reading MODS) and inserting, when
needed, the new subfile records.



My problem is I cannot retrieve the MODS. I do an %OCCUR(mods-name) = 1
and a WRITE the subfile record. In this moment, I thought the subfile is
automagically populated because they have the same field names... but
it's not!





Thank you





Florin Todor



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