RE: keyfield

["N, Muralidhar" <Muralidhar.N@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can i do 
*start    setll    file_name
on this file?
Kindly advise me 
Regards,
Murlai

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard B Baird [SMTP:rbaird@esourceconsulting.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:22 PM
> To:   RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject:      Re: keyfield
> 
> 
> Murali,
> 
> you can specify 'k' on the F spec, but you cannot chain or setll on it,
> because the program has to match your keylist fields with the key fields
> of
> the file, and it doesn't know those keys at compile time.
> 
> You can however read it by making it a primary file, or by just doing a
> 'read' in your calcs, and it will read the file in the order you specified
> in your opnqry.
> 
> if you have to chain or setll, you could build a temporary (or even
> permanent, for that matter) logical file with the same key fields as your
> opnqry, specify that as your full procedural file, and override that name
> to your opnqryf at runtime.
> 
> hth,
> 
> rick
> 
> 
> -----original message------
> I ve a file DAHDRT00(which doesnt ve keyfield) ,Iam doing opnqry by taking
> 3fields frm the file as  3keyfields) mentioned in ascending order on this
> file in my CL ,from there iam calling RPG ...Can i mention Record address
> type "k" on this file in my rpg prog? and do chain or use setll and read
> ?kindly suggest me ! here the code
> 
>  OVRDBF     FILE(DAHDRT00) TOFILE(*LIBL/DAHDRT00) +
>               MBR(*LAST) SHARE(*YES)
>  OPNQRYF    FILE((*LIBL/DAHDRT00 *LAST)) +
>               KEYFLD((DAHDRFCD *ASCEND) (DAHDRGRF +
>               *ASCEND) (DAHDRHFL *ASCEND))
>  CALL       PGM(*LIBL/DAD0070) PARM(&RTCODE)
>  CLOF       OPNID(DAHDRT00)
>  DLTOVR     FILE(*ALL)
> 
> 
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