RE: Input Secondary

Who let the dogs out?!?!?!

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon O'Donnell [mailto:sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:04 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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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