re: finding the right place in a RRN file

[John Carr <74711.77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RE:     re: finding the right place in a RRN file

Ya it's called a Logical file or an OPNQRYF ODP.

From:   INTERNET:boothm@earth.goddard.edu, INTERNET:boothm@earth.goddard.edu
Date:   4/15/97 10:14 AM

>I'm thinking there's gotta be an easy way to do this.
>I have a sequential file, sorted into alphabetical order on a field called
>"LastName".  I want to process it as a subfile by Relative Record Number.
>But a user needs to be able  set the file at a particular "LastName",
>based on a keyed-in field called "GetName".  
>Is there an easy way to do that?
>Thanks.


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