RE: Secondary Keys

["MCPARTLAND, Stan" <stanley.mcpartland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick,

You can't specify fields from the secondary files as key fields, but you can
have them sequenced by using the JDUPSEQ keyword.  This works great if you
don't need to establish file cursor position based on the fields in the
secondary files.  If you must establish cursor position the JDUPSEQ keyword
helps, but you must read until you reach the appropriate record.

Regards,
Stan McPartland

-----Original Message-----
From: Contractor1@Parkdalemills.com
[mailto:Contractor1@Parkdalemills.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 06 December, 2000 7:26 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Secondary Keys



I have a maintenance program that can be displayed with multiple sorts. It
is set up to read different a logical based on what the user keys as a sort
code. However, some information in the subfile is from secondary files and
they want the subfile sorted on those fields. I looked at doing a join
logical, but I can't tell where I'm allowed to use the fields from the
secondary file as key fields. Anyone have any suggestions?

Patrick Conner
www.ConnecTown.com
(828) 244-0822


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