Re: Logical File Access

It sounds like your key value has pushed you past the
end of the index because your using NOT LESS in the
START statement.

Terry Winchester 
Programmer/Analyst
________________________________
The Raymond Corporation
terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Stafford
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:00 AM
> To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
> Subject: [COBOL400-L] Logical File Access
> 
> Is there a trick to accessing files via logical files?
> When I do the START, it returns with an file-status of 
> '23'..... BEFORE the 
> READ statement
> Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Here is the SELECT STATEMENT
> 
>  select WFLOD
>      assign to database-WFLOD
>      organization indexed
>      access dynamic
>      record key externally-described-key with duplicates
>      file status WFLOD-FS.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Here is the FD STATEMENT
> 
>  FD  WFLOD
>      label records are standard.
>  01  WFLOD-record.
>      COPY DDSR-WFLOD00 OF UAVBASEF-WFLODL02.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Here is the paragraph containing the code referred to above
> 
> 
>  PROC-ITEMS.
> 
>      INITIALIZE WFLOD-RECORD.
> 
>      IF ITEM-NO NOT = "*ALL"
>         MOVE ITEM-NO TO LDITEM.
> 
>      START WFLOD KEY NOT < EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY.
>      IF WFLOD-FS < "03"
>         READ WFLOD NEXT RECORD
>         IF WFLOD-FS < "03"
>            PERFORM CHK-THIS-ITEM
>            IF TFITM-FS = "00"
>               MOVE LDITEM TO SAV-ITEM
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Here is the code from the source listing referring to the file
> 
>     37     004500 FD  WFLOD
>            004600     label records are standard.
>     38     004700 01  WFLOD-record.
>            004800     COPY DDSR-WFLOD00 OF UAVBASEF-WFLODL02.
>           +000001*    I-O FORMAT:WFLOD00    FROM FILE 
> WFLODL02   OF LIBRARY 
> UA
>           +000002*                          Location Detail
>           +000003*THE KEY DEFINITIONS FOR RECORD FORMAT  WFLOD00
>           +000004*  NUMBER               NAME                
> RETRIEVAL 
> A
>           +000005*   0001   LDITEM                           ASCENDING
>           +000006*   0002   LDWHS                            ASCENDING
>           +000007*   0003   LDASLE                           ASCENDING
>           +000008*   0004   LDBAY                            ASCENDING
>           +000009*   0005   LDLVL                            ASCENDING
>           +000010*   0006   LDLCPL                           ASCENDING
>     39    +000011       05  WFLOD00.
>     40    +000012           06 LDWHS                 PIC X(3).
>           +000013*                  Warehouse
>     41    +000014           06 LDASLE                PIC X(3).
>           +000015*                  Aisle
>     42    +000016           06 LDBAY                 PIC X(3).
>           +000017*                  Bay
>     43    +000018           06 LDLVL                 PIC X(3).
>           +000019*                  Level
>     44    +000020           06 LDLCPL                PIC S9(20) 
> COMP-3.
>           +000021*                  License Plate ID
>     45    +000022           06 LDOLCP                PIC S9(20) 
> COMP-3.
>           +000023*                  Orig License Plate
>     46    +000024           06 LDITEM                PIC X(15).
>           +000025*                  Item Number
>     47    +000026           06 LDVRSN                PIC X(3).
>           +000027*                  Version
>     48    +000028           06 LDLOT                 PIC X(15).
>           +000029*                  Lot ID
>     49    +000030           06 LDISTS                PIC X(3).
>           +000031*                  Inventory Status
>     50    +000032           06 LDLZON                PIC X(6).
>           +000033*                  Locating Zone
>     51    +000034           06 LDAZON                PIC X(6).
>           +000035*                  Allocation Zone
>     52    +000036           06 LDLTYP                PIC X(6).
>           +000037*                  Location Type
>     53    +000038           06 LDAGDT                PIC S9(7) 
> COMP-3.
>                                                               
>          More...
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