Re: Best Way to find duplicate records in same file

["Narayanan R Pillai" <strqst400@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the easiest way is the RPG Cycle and

CL0NL1                DELETRECORD

where L1 is turned on for all the keys that you are looking for

Regards
Narayanan R Pillai

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mlpolutta@xxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: Best Way to find duplicate records in same file


> You can also use OPNQRYF/CPYFRMQRYF to do this (one-time approach):
>
> OPNQRYF FILE(YOURFILE) KEYFLD((KEY 1) (KEY 2)) UNIQUEKEY(*ALL)
> CPYFRMQRYF OPNID(YOURFILE) TOFILE(UNIQUEFILE) CRTFILE(*YES)
MBROPT(*REPLACE)
>
> Now UNIQUEFILE has the unique records based on the keys given.
>
> HTH,
> Michael
>
> > Actually what I need it to do is delete the dups:
> >
> > Record 1: ABCDEFGHIJKL
> > Record 2: ABCDEFGHIJKL
> > Record 3: 123456789012
> >
> > I want to delete record 2
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