Re: Update or delete without prior input operation

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious as to why you are attempting to update the same record you 
just deleted?  Isn't the record gone?


Douglas W. Palme wrote:
> I am having a bit of a problem this morning with the following code:
>
> C     DVNDNO        CHAIN     PAYABLES       
> C                   DOW       NOT %EOF       
> C                   READE     PAYABLES       
> C                   IF        DREFNO = PREFNO
> C                   DELETE    PAYABLES       
> C                   UPDATE    PAYABLES       
> C                   ELSE                     
> C                   READE     PAYABLES       
> C                   ENDIF                    
> C                   ENDDO                    
>
> I am chaining to the file with no problem and I need to stay within the key
> (which is why I am using the reade), I am checking for a specific refno and
> if I find it I need to delete it, but the system is complaining that I have
> not performed an input operation....I would have thought the reade performed
> that, what is the proper way to handle this?