Re: record with duplicate key

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Look at any logical files you may have built over the physical
file that are using different unique keys.  These will also prevent
you from writing a record to the file, whether you are using the 
logical as the time or not.

Regards,

Jim Langston

"Ray, Adam" wrote:
> 
> I'm having a problem with a program which adds records to a file. I get
> error code 01021 - Tried to write a record that already exists.
> I looked at the program dump and determined what the key of the record it
> was trying to write was. Then I looked in the file it was writing to and
> found one record that was SIMILAR to the record being written, EXCEPT for
> one field in the key was different. The key I am using is comprised of 10
> fields, the 4th one being a signed packed decimal in descending sequence.
> All other fields are character. The field that is different in the 2 records
> is the 5th field of the key. Why is it saying I'm trying to write a
> duplicate key when the keys are different? Is it something to do with the
> DESCEND keyword on the signed packed decimal field? What is going on here,
> I'm stumped?
> 
> Adam Ray
> Applications Programmer
> Family Health Partners
> 816-855-1822
> aray@fhp.org <mailto:aray@fhp.org>
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