RE: Reordering a file

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Fisher, Don
> 
> Assuming more than one person at a time is using this file and furthur
> assuming these people want it sorted differently, why not simply have
a
> counter in the program that starts at 1 and increments by 1 for each
> record loaded in the selected sequence?

No, that's not the situation.  The situation is simply a one-time pass
to renumber the file prior to going into production.  It would only be
done again if another menu option was added.


> The trouble with creating a temporary file as you suggest is that one
must
> have an exclusive lock to replace the original and I wouldn't think
that
> likely.  The same is true, I think, for the ADDPFCST approach.
> 
> Am I confused?

No, but it's clear that I wasn't very clear about stating my goals.  I
tried really hard to indicate that I knew about other ordering
techniques, but that I simply wanted to update the sequence number.
That's the goal.

Joe