Re: CHAIN vs. SETLL (was Re: DOW vs DOU)

[Mark Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

>I think the bug still exists on S/36 compatible RPG.  It caused me
>headaches to figure this out. It was not pretty when users complained
>that few checks for the client never showed up on the screen.   I even
>complained to IBM.  Of course, "it was working as designed" was the
>classic response.  The best way for non-unique key files is still READE
>instead of CHAIN.  My personal preferance is a SETLL followed by a READ
>in a DOW (let us not start that again).

 What is the bug?  Since the the RPG II doesn't support KLISTs, a full key
is necessary in order to make the READE work.

 -mark

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