Re: Readp statement wait indefinitely

i don't know, maybe.  that bit of logic is always confusing to me.  The few
times its happened to me I have had to read the manual and experiment a bit
to get it right. 
 
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Booth Martin
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From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 08/14/05 22:27:19
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Readp statement wait indefinitely
 
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
> http://www.martinvt.com
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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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