RE: work files in qtemp

[<Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Douglas,

Files, or any object for that matter, placed into QTEMP go away when the job 
ends.  The QTEMP library is unique for each job and only exists while a given 
job is running.

Probably the most common way to get objects into QTEMP is to use CRTDUPOBJ 
although there are several others.

I would like to suggest the use of a user index for your purposes.  I rarely 
use work files anymore having replaced them with user indexes.  They can be 
created on the fly, the format is flexible, the data is sorted as it is added 
much like a logical file, and they perform well.  According to IBM 
documentation they are faster than data files.

HTH,

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:42 AM
To: RPG Group
Subject: work files in qtemp


I have been working on a program that will reuqire me to use some sort of
temporary hold file, a friend suggested that I use a work file in qtemp for
the processing of the data...however, I have never used work files before,
let alone in qtemp.

Should I just create the file in my library and then copy it to the qtemp
directory and then process the data deleting the file once I am done? Any
other suggestions would be appreciated.

Douglas


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