RE: WRITE does not work on Rec fmt name.

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You most likely didn't have "ADD" specified on the F spec of the file.

Bradley V. Stone
Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst   
bvstone@taylorcorp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mohammad khan [SMTP:mohammadakhan@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 1:22 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com; RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      WRITE does not work on Rec fmt name.
> 
> hi,
> 
> i was coding an example out of 
> judy yaeger's rpg/400
> book. i was coding in ILE though.
> anyway i only have one error it is:
> 
> File in factor 2 does not have allowed file 
> type for WRITE operation; specification is
> ignored.
> 
> now this write operation is on a record 
> format name in a pf and yaeger says that
> is what the write is used for. so why the
> error? i mean i used the update op-code on
> this same record format name without any
> problm. so what gives?
> 
> if it helps here's the exact line of error:
> 
> WRITE SECTIONSR
> 
> sectionsr being the record format name
> ofcourse..
> 
> i'd very much appreciate any help.
> thanks and happy new year!
> 
> Mohammad
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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