Re: AW: How to properly use %EOF() bif?

[rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0925083561.htm#HDRBBEOF
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The following operations, if successful, set %EOF(filename) off.   If
the operation is not successful, %EOF(filename) is not changed. %EOF
with no parameter is not changed by these operations.

CHAIN (Random Retrieval from a File) 
OPEN (Open File for Processing) 
SETGT (Set Greater Than) 
SETLL (Set Lower Limit)

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On 8/18/05, Bob Cozzi <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> %EOF with or without a parameter is NOT impacted by the CHAIN opcode.
> CHAIN only sets %ERROR (if the E operation extender is used) and %FOUND.
> %EOF is set by one of the READxx operation codes, not by chain. Likewise,
> %FOUND is NOT set by the READxx operation codes.
> 
> You can specify %EOF or %EOF()
> Both mean, check for end-of-file on the last database READxx operation.
> You can specify %EOF(MYFILE)
> Which means, check for end-of-file condition on the MYFILE file, regardless
> of whether or not it was the last file read.
> 
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
> - Mario Andretti
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of HauserSSS
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:59 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: AW: AW: How to properly use %EOF() bif?
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I think my English is sometimes not good enough to distinguish between small
> subtleties.
> 
> But I think the essential is to differentiate between "EOF without File" or
> "EOF with file".
> 
> Birgitta
> 
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Scott Klement
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. August 2005 20:45
> An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Betreff: Re: AW: How to properly use %EOF() bif?
> 
> 
> Hi Birgitta,
> 
> >>> Chain does not set the value of %EOF  (it doesn't turn it on or off)
> [SNIP]
> > %EOF with no parameter is not changed by these operations.
> > 1. CHAIN (Random Retrieval from a File) on page 573
> 
> Sounds like they're saying the same thing to me?  One says chain does not
> set the value of %EOF <--- note that there's no parameter listed there.
> The other says "%EOF with no parameter is not changed by CHAIN".
> 
> Where's the discrepancy?
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