Re: Field Reference File

["Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx>]

So the record of the file is greater than 32766?  Wow!   Why don't use the way
the OS does it?

10/27/03                                                  DBU FIELDS LIST
 FILE: TEST         LIBRARY: QTEMP        FORMAT:  QWHDRFFD
                          KEY   FIELD     FIELD  FIELD    DEC   STARTING
 TEXT                    FIELD  NAME      TYPE   LENGTH   POS   LOCATION  COLUMN
HEADINGS
File                            WHFILE      A      10              1      File
Library                         WHLIB       A      10             11
Library
File creation date: centu       WHCRTD      A       7             21      File
Creation Date
Type of file: P=physical,       WHFTYP      A       1             28      Type
Of file
Number of record formats        WHCNT       S       5     0       29      Number
Of Record Formats
Retrieval date: century/d       WHDTTM      A      13             34
Retrieval Date And time
Record format                   WHNAME      A      10             47      Record
Format
Format level identifier         WHSEQ       A      13             57      Format
Level Identifier
Format text description         WHTEXT      A      50             70      Format
Text Description
Number of fields and indi       WHFLDN      S       5     0      120      Number
Of Fields And Indicators
Record format length            WHRLEN      S       5     0      125      Record
Format Length
(*)Internal field name          WHFLDI      A      10            130
Internal Field Name
(*)External field name          WHFLDE      A      10            140
External Field Name
Output buffer position          WHFOBO      S       5     0      150      Output
Buffer Position
Input buffer position           WHIBO       S       5     0      155      Input
Buffer Position

You will never have a problem if you write records per each field found.   On
the other side, you may need to change your program(s)' logic to be able to
document this.

Peter Vidal
Pall Aeropower Corp.
SR Programmer Analyst
WWW.Pall.com

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