Re: Input Secondary

Good points.   There's dead grass no matter which side of the fence you're on.

-----Original Message-----
    From: "Jerry Adams"<jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: 12/6/05 7:21:44 AM
    To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: Re: Input Secondary
    
    Shannon,
    
    You're lucky in a way; I still have to maintain RPG II programs.  On the 
    other hand a couple of points:
    
    
    1.  Secondary files and matching records are not limited to RPG II.  You 
    can still use both in RPG IV.
    
    
    2.  Any version of RPG gives one reason to thank God they have the 
    cycle.  In a past life I had to write a COBOL program to, in essence, do 
    matching records - with level control breaks.  Wanna compare nightmares?
    
    
    
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    Shannon O'Donnell wrote:
    
    >Thank you, everyone!  I've learned more about input secondary files now 
than I ever wanted to know!  And I got down on my knees and thanked God that I 
don't ever have to program in RPG II anymore!
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >    From: "Mark Allen"<allenmar@xxxxxxxxx>
    >    Sent: 12/5/05 2:31:18 PM
    >    To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    >    Subject: Re: Input Secondary
    >      Multi-file Processing with No Match Fields  When no match fields are 
used in multi-file processing, records are selected from one file at a time. 
When the records from one file are all processed, the records from the next 
file are selected. The files are selected in this order:       
    >       Primary file, if specified   
    >       Secondary files in the order in which they are described on the 
file description specifications. 
    >    
    >       
    >    
    >    
    >    Shannon O'Donnell <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  I just came 
across an old clunker that uses an Inpit Secondary file. I have not seen one of 
these in about 17 years. Can someone who might have used one more recently give 
me a Readers Digest overview of how/why this is used? I coukd look it up of 
course, but if someone knows off the top of their head....
    >    
    >    
    >    TIA!
    >    
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