RE: Updating Records -- RPG400-L

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You can have a file defined in your RPG program as FILEA and execute a command either inside your program or in a calling CL to OVRDBF to FILE123. Assuming no decimal data errors the RPG program doesn't know the difference. Offten used with logical files. Also often used with multi-member files. I have also seen it used in an interface tool where the program was reading a file from another software package and didn't know what the file name was until run time.

Guy

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of D.W. Palme
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:54 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Updating Records

I am not quite sure I understand what you mean by override?


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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Carolla
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:48 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Updating Records

> OVRDBF FILE2 TOFILE(LIB/FILENAME)

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