RE: Setting parms in CL for PF - correction

if you are trying to sync up two file, the best route is to use trigger.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James R. Newman, CDP
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:08 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Setting parms in CL for PF - correction


One correction.  If record is found, it then checks about 5 fields and if 
the fields are identical in both records, no update is performed.  If 
they're not the same, the info from File1 is moved and written to File2.

Sorry...I gotta quit posting this late.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James R. Newman, CDP" <newman400@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG List" <RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:04 PM
Subject: Setting parms in CL for PF


>I also posted this on Midrange-L but after thinking about it today it's 
>really more of an RPG question...maybe.
>
>
> I've got a 9406-600 running V5R2 and have to run a large update job about 
> once a month.  File1 is a sequential, non-keyed PF containing about 18 
> million records of updated "current" information.  File2 is a keyed PF 
> "master" with 18 million+ records that will be updated from File1.  File2 
> has 1 logical.  I'm reading a record in File1 and chaining to File2.  If 
> no record is found, it writes to File2.  If record is found, it then 
> checks about 5 fields and if the fields are identical in both records, no 
> update is performed.  If they're not the same, the info from File2 is 
> moved and written to File1.
>
> A friend suggested changing some of the OVRDBF parms to help processing go 
> faster, such as FRCRATIO and NBRRCDS.  Any suggestions on how to set these 
> parms?  For that matter, any suggestions on how to speed up the update 
> process?  TIA.
>
>
> James R. Newman, CDP
>
>
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