RE: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.

There *are* other reasons, Mike.  <g>

Level break processing, which is available only for primary file processing
(i.e., using the RPG cycle), can be a godsend for those who know how to use
it.  While it is possible to write the code to do this (my favorite:
JDEdwards S002 subroutine!), RPG's internal level break processing can save
a lot of coding and mistakes.

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From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:18 AM
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Subject: Re: Difference bet. Primary and Full procedural file.



A file designed as input primary (or indeed secondary) is read using the
RPG cycle, that is you do not and indeed cannot issue your own reads or
chains to that file. A file designed as fully procedural means that you
control the reading of that file. In the very early days of RPG the cycle
was the only way to process a file, and this function still remains in
"modern" RPG, however it is rarely used these days, in fact most RPG
programmers will have NEVER used it at all, though some people on this list
still use it on occasion, as it is in theory quicker to read a file in
using the cycle than to code it yourself.