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So bascially in this case, get my information first then chain and update? I am picking up some descriptions to add the the base file. Yes it isn't "normalized" but that is what they do here. On 10/5/06, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Make the chain a chain with an (n) no-lock extender. Then, chain again at the time of updating. If you have several lines of intervening code, as you have here, someone someday will mess it up and it will be a bear to find the problem. Mike wrote: > I have some code to update a file. The problem is that I need to collect > additional information before I can update the file. So here is what I do > now. The read is way up in the code. > > iActCd = w2InvstTyp; > if w2InvstDsc = ' '; > chain (w2InvstTyp) NCACTCR; > iActCdDsc = aCodeDesc; > else; > iActCdDsc = w2InvstDsc; > endif; > > monitor; > update NIMASTR; > error = *OFF; > on-error *FILE; // Handle uncaught exceptions > error = *ON; > w2Error = 'File error code ' + %char(%status()); > endmon; > > So, my question is, can you do an update after the chain has been long done? > Or what would be a better way to process this? > -- This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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