Re: Changing a PF

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears that CHGPF does, in essence, copy the changed PF to a 
temporary work space.  So there wouldn't appear to be much, if any, 
difference.  I constantly have to change files of over 1 million records 
with versions in six different libraries.  Just rebuilding the LF's over 
them is a time saver. 


Have I actually put a stop watch against the two methods?  No.  Not 
worth the effort.  It takes less than 5 minutes to rebuild those files I 
mentioned.  YMMV


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Don Wereschuk wrote:

> Need some help with changing a PF. I have a file with 3.5 million
> records. I have changed the DDS to include a new field at the end of the
> record. Does anyone know if it would be quicker to rename the file,
> recreate the PF and copy the records from the renamed file to the new
> file OR do a CHGPF on the old file. 
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