Re: Ad Hoc key list error

[Tony Carolla <carolla@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good Morning! 

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On 5/3/05, Reeve <rfritchman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Unless there's a reason to do otherwise (such as changing the key), I
> always use the file's key field name(s) in any key field specification
> (in both fixed and ad-hoc formats). This eliminates problems like
> this but, more importantly, it documents the acess logic. It's
> another line of code but it's nice having it there; debugging becomes
> a lot easier.
> 
> -reeve

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I agree totally, but it doesn't always elim the problems. I was using the 
fields from a DS that was built using LIKEREC against the record format of 
the file itself. The problem was that all keys were numeric, and different 
lengths,,, and they were in the wrong order on the key spec. 



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