Re: Join & Update

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

Jim,

>For this one we are still internally describing it, our only other option is to
>break it
>into two files then go through every single program and change them to use one,
>the other, or both files.  Something we just haven't had the time to invest 
>into.

You can split it into two physical files, then create a "multi-format
LF" over them with the same name as your existing internally described
file.  To enable the updates, you need to specify a "record selector"
program for the LF which is a simple program the system will call for
you to dynamically identify and return the record format name (and
therefore physical file) to contain the record.

Let me guess -- did the A/R programs originate on the S/36 or earlier?

Doug
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