Re: Join Files

Don,

here's a direction:

use an SQL JOIN and the COALESCE or IFNULL clause.

You can do this either in a view (=logical file created by SQL) or with 
embedded SQL.

One caveat: if you use the view in an RPG program, it won't be sorted 
IIRC.

HTH,

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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Hi All:   I have set up a join file on 2 physical files and am
successfully getting the information I need with the following
exception.

 

            When I have a record in the primary file that does not have
a record in the secondary, I still want to retrieve the primary record.
Is this possible using a Join Logical and if so how and if not is there
a better way to accomplish this?

 

            I have tried searching the archives but the only thing I
found was discussions on using keys from primary and secondary and not
anything about the problem I am having? 

            Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

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