Re: keyfield

Couldn't you chain or setll on the first key of the OPNQRYF'd file if you
made it program-described?  Thanks,

Dave
> -----Original Message-----
Message: 9
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:52:02 -0500
From: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
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)