Re: Reading a member file

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob,

Instead of OVRDBF, just use EXTMBR('*ALL').

However, I thought the original problem was that Steve knew the member 
name, and just needed a way to process that particular member, in which 
case the USROPN and EXTMBR(mbrfieldname) would work just fine.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> You don't need to create a list of member names to process all the members in a
> file.
>
> Simply override the file to MBR(*ALL) and then call the program as usual. When
> you read the file you will read records from the first member in the file. When
> you hit the last record in that first member, and then do a subsequent READ, the
> system does a sort of mini-close/open of the file; opening the next member.
>
> This "just happens" you don't have to create the member list.  The INFDS for the
> file contains the "current" member name as you read through the file's records.
> So you always know what member you are processing.
>
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
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>