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  3. January 2003

RE: Checking for records in CL?

George,

I would suggest the RTVMBRD (Retrieve Member Description) Command.  You
can place the number of non-deleted records in a variable and bypass code
if zero.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Of George Kinney
> Subject: Checking for records in CL?
> 
> Is there any way to check, in CL only, if a file has records?
> 
> Currently I am using:
> PGM
>     RGZPFM FILE(TEMP)
>     MONMSG MSGID(CPF2995) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(SKIPIT))
> 
>     ...code that shouldn't run if there aren't any records...
> 
> SKIPIT:
> ENDPGM
> 
> This works OK, but I would definately prefer a positive test.
> 
> Other alternatives?

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