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Re: REUSEDLT(*NO) - what's the point?

Hello Marc,

Am 25.07.2020 um 13:09 schrieb Marc Rauzier <marc.rauzier@xxxxxxxxx>:

Maybe to be sure that records remain sorted in arrival sequence in the member, for programs reading the file using some sort of RPG cycle?

Hm, I can't see an use case for that, nowadays. Most often, databases have an ID counter or something like that, automatically incremented. I forgot the special IBM term for it. But this is of course my perception.

:wq! PoC

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