RE: Record name the same as the file name

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

That "read a file, write a record" mantra was beaten into me during my 
COBOL class.  However, for a single record format file I can't see what 
you'd be giving up.

And as Bob said, you'd be gaining a feature, not losing one.  If you still 
wanted to name your record formats differently there's nothing stopping 
you.  And if someone named them the same, and in your RPG program you 
wanted to differentiate them there's nothing stopping you from using the 
RENAME to rename it yourself.  The only difference is that the burden has 
changed from who is forced to rename record formats.
>From the person who doesn't give a rip what the record format name is, 
To the person who does.


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