RE: Field record relation indicators

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Those sequence numbers were very important when you were reading a card
file with several cards per 'logical' record, but I haven't really had a
need for them since !   :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Mahadevan [SMTP:mahadevan@fuse.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 2:28 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Field record relation indicators
> 
> Buck:
> 
> 
> Buck Calabro wrote:
> 
> > Hans,
> >
> > >Another possibility, check if there is a field record relation
> indicator coded
> > >on the input spec for the field.  (But does anyone use FRR
> indicators any
> > >more?)
> >
> > I have a handful of old programs that use FRR indicators.  I'm the
> > only one in my shop who immediately recognizes what they are.
> > These few remain because "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
> > We certainly will never write a new program with them!
> 
> What I miss is those look ahead fields in RPG/400, ILE RPG.  They were
> neat and let
> you peek into the next record.
> 
> Talking about "old stuff", did anybody use those sequencing numbers in
> the I specs
> (position 17 & 18 & 19)?
> 
> --
> Thank You.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
> 
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