Re: creating a view

Thanks for your reply Peter.
Sorry Peter, I know what you are saying, but for me to create a view
against the 26th member of the file, that would mean me having to DELETE
the 1st 25 members, create the view, and then reload the DELETED 1st 25
members back is just not feasible (although in the business I should
realize NEVER to say NEVER)



Alan Shore

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rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/28/2007 04:08:43 PM:

Hi Alan,

That's correct. However, you can override that view to another member
before using it, just like you can override a physical file before using
it. When you override to a member other than the first member in the
file, that's the only member that the view sees.

The *FIRST member is normally the first member that was added to the
file. However, if you added 4 members, then deleted the first two you
added, then the *FIRST member would be the one you added 3rd. Sounds
confusing, but it's actually pretty straightforward. If I do

CRTPF FILE(QTEMP/TEST) RCDLEN(1) MBR(*NONE) MAXMBRS(*NOMAX)

ADDPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(GEORGE)

ADDPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(PAUL)

ADDPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(RINGO)

ADDPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(JOHN)

DSPPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(*FIRST) displays member GEORGE.

Now I remove a couple of members:

RMVM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(GEORGE)

RMVM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(PAUL)

DSPPFM FILE(QTEMP/TEST) MBR(*FIRST) displays member RINGO.

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

Alan Shore wrote:

Thanks for your reply Peter
With ALL the testing on this that I've done based upon the suggestions

that

I have received (which as always is MUCH appreciated) I'm NOT 100% sure

of

my following reply, but I am 95% sure.
Anyway, to answer your question.
The view that gets created only has ONE member, no matter what I tried

with

the OVRDBF, and I think (only 75% sure on this) but the view gets

created

from the *FIRST member (whatever that is)

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