Re: PRTF question

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Paul,
>
>Could you please clarify?  You make it sound as if the RPG program will delete
>all the existing records in a file if you code the F specs a certain way.  If
>that is the case, I would like to know how, especially so I can avoid it.
>
>I'm with you on the RPG cycle.  If the level break indicators were just
>invented
>today everyone would be hailing them as the solution to all our problems.
>
>PaulMmn wrote:
>
>> If you omit the A=Add in the file spec, your program will clear and
>> re-populate the file.
>>
>> --Paul E Musselman
>> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.mcom


Mmmmm..... I may have been thinking about two different things here..

In the Old Days, you had to code 'A' in the file spec to Add records to an
existing file (defined as Update, I believe).  UPDATE/ADD does ring a
bell...

If you coded the file as OUTPUT, you would end up with a default CLRPFM
before the program began executing.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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