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Thanks, Booth
That fixed it!
Ken

----Original Message Follows----
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: reads and updates on the same file
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:37:57 -0500

When you do the read to fill the subfile, use the

    c          read(n)   File

(n) extender.  That should leave the records unlocked until you update
the individual records.



Ken Kerata wrote:
> This program displays a subfile of all records in the file and  later
> updates individual records.
> To avoid record locks, I created a new logical file with the same key as the
> originals.
> Is there a more elegant solution, which avoids creating a second logical?
> This is my first posting, so I would appreciate any advice.
> Thanks, Ken
>
>

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