Re: Multi-membered file question?

["Dennis Lovelady" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Tim:

From: Tim Truax <truax@usaor.net>
Sent: July 11, 1999 6:31 AM


Hi fellow listers,
If a program processes a multi-membered file (without first setting OVRDBF
to point to the member to process) what member will be processed?  If it
is the first member?  Do I determine the first via DSPFD xxxxlib/filename
*MBRLIST?
Thanks in advance!
:-) Tim & Dana Truax ... and Caleb :-)
http://members.xoom.com/truax

It is, indeed, the first member.  But this may not be what you think.  The
first member added to the file, regardless of alphabetic status, is
*FIRST.  For example, if you use defaults to create a file called ZEBRA,
with the default member name (ZEBRA), then you later add member APPLE to
the file, ZEBRA is still the *FIRST member.  DSPPFM is a good way to find
out the first member name.

HTH
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