RE: NBRRCDS and BLOCK(*YES)

["Chevalier, Rick" <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

RPG will block for you but uses the same default blocking for all files.  If
you are sequentially reading a physical file, using the OVRDBF command with
SEQONLY(*YES 128k/record length) will improve your performance.  You don't
get much gain when using logical files because the data isn't necessarily in
the same sequence as the index.  This makes it hard to get sequential
records into memory at the same time.

Rick

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I've had pretty good performance letting RPG do the blocking for me, on
primary files.  Your compile listing should have a warning message that
RPG will handle the blocking factor.

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin




"Uma Balasubramanian" <Uma_Balasubramanian@delhi.tcs.co.in>
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Hello Everybody,

Can anyone clarify me regarding:

My programs uses a file in update and primary mode. The file is a join
logical file. All records being read in processed and updated.
Record length is 3768

"1) Can I specify NBRRCDS or BLOCK(*yes)
2) If I specify NBRRCDS(3) in OVRDBF and specify BLOCK(*yes) in F specs
for
the same file, which will be effective ?
3) Which one is beneficial.

thank you in advance

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