Re: Source PF member exists?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The resulting outfile has no key, unless you create one especially 
for this. CHAIN is not the best way - a SELECT and checking the SQL 
code is going to tell you whether you have a hit.

But the CHKOBJ is even better.

At 04:56 PM 12/19/2005, you wrote:

> Tim,
>
> You could try something like this:
> DSPFD FILE(srclib/srcfile) TYPE(*MBRLIST) +
>              OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) OUTFILE(mylib/myoutfile).
> Then chain to the outfile with the member you are trying to create. If
> you get a hit then you know that the source already exists.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Terry
>
>
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > message: 8
> > date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:32:19 -0800
> > from: "Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: Source PF member exists?
> >
> > What's the easiest way to check, that a source PF member does not exists?
> >  I
> > have a source code tool, that creates source code on the fly, but I don't
> > want it to overwrite any existing code, by accident.
> >
> > Thanks, Tim
> >
> >
>
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