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  • Subject: Re: subfile processing--readc & sflnxtchg
  • From: email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:06:56 -0800
  • Organization: Progressive Data Systems, Inc.

Bob,

Here's where we "force" SFLNXTCHG to occur:
We have a panel that displays a subfile and permits a user to make changes.
When the EXFMT kicks the program back in gear, we start a READC/validate/process
loop.
If any errors are detected during the validate portion, we turn on our handy
dandy universal error indicator (along with reverse image, etc.) and UPDAT the
subfile record with the SFLNXTCHG conditioned by the universal error indicator.

Now in your case, if I hear you right, you want to do two or more READC loops,
maybe one to validate and another to actually process.  If that is the case, you
would need to UPDAT each changed subfile record to get READC to work on the
second loop.

Maybe in you case, condition SFLNXTCHG by an "OK" indicator.

HTH,

James W. Kilgore
email@James-W-Kilgore.com


"Ladutko, Bob" wrote:

> Maybe I'm confused on my thinking (it's happened before).  I'll have to look
> through some programs tonight.
>
> I was thinking that when a READC is performed, and a changed record is
> retrieved, it wouldn't be retrieved again until the next EXFMT if you use
> SFLNXTCHG.  My question is how exactly would that same record be retrieved
> during the same pass?  Would I have to CHAIN to a prior record 1st so that
> the READC will work again or what?  (I'm comparing this to a READ to a
> physical file - if I want to READ a record again, I have to reposition the
> file.)  If this is how to do it, what if the 1st record in the subfile was
> changed?  Since I can't do a SETLL, how can I retrieve that record again
> with READC?
>
> Is my thinking as flawed as it seems to be?
>
> Bob L.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fisher, Don [SMTP:DRF@HeiligMeyers.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 12:41 PM
> > To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:      RE: subfile processing--readc & sflnxtchg
> >
> > Yes, I know, but he said "...but even with SFLNXTCHG, these records are
> > only
> > retrieved once prior to the next EXFMT."  This implies he has examples
> > where
> > setting on SFLNXTCHG does not force READC to pick up the records during a
> > second pass unless another EXFMT is executed.  Did I misunderstand, Bob?
> >
> > Donald R. Fisher, III
> > Senior Programmer/Analyst
> > Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
> > (804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
> > Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stone, Brad V (PP) [mailto:bvstone@ppress-tc.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 11:42 AM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: subfile processing--readc & sflnxtchg
> >
> >
> > He is referring to trying to do two passes on the subfile before writing
> > again.  Once you've read the changed records, they are no longer changed.
> > You could use an indicator on the SFLNXTCHG keyword and be sure to set it
> > on
> > and update the subfile after each READC.  I'm sure there are other methods
> > as well.
> >
> > Bradley V. Stone
> > Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst
> > bvstone@taylorcorp.com
> >
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