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No, I don't think this process is the only one that touches that file. I think he's testing for a very specific condition. Eric ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: ODBC connection problem... Author: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO Date: 10/29/98 9:01 PM Would retrieving the number of records in the file currently give him the information he seeks without even reading the file? In <9810299096.AA909699078@pmsi-services.com>, on 10/29/98 at 04:03 PM, "Eric DeLong"<eric.delong@pmsi-services.com> said: > Here's a new one on me. One of our PC developers here called me to > assist him with a problem. Here's an outline of what we're doing: > > 1) Connect via ODBC to file x. > 2) check last record to see if the file needs to be refreshed. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- boothm@ibm.net Booth Martin ----------------------------------------------------------- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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