Re: Readp statement wait indefinitely

[Captain Jerry <captainjerry@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't a *LOVAL SETLL and a READP on an Ascending file be reading the 
end-of-file first?

On 8/14/05, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> I wonder if this file is keyed DESCENDing? In that case this would be an
> attempt to read the last (lowest) record in the file?
> 
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> Booth Martin
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Date: 08/14/05 19:52:39
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Readp statement wait indefinitely
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need some assistance in understanding the concept of how ReadP statment
> works. I see the following set of statments in one of our RPGLE programs:
> 
> *Loval SetLL File1
> ReadP(E) File1
> 
> The above ReadP statement is simply waiting for infinite time till a 
> record
> is inserted into File1. I expected a BOF or EOF condition. I would
> like to know on what conditions a ReadP statement waits for a record to be
> inserted and in what condition just returns "No Record Found" condition.
> 
> Please help me in understanding this concepts.
> 
> TIA,
> Nanda
> 
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