RE: creating a view

Alan,

You're misunderstanding...

Just create the view, yes it will be over the *FIRST member in the file.

Now before using the view, do an OVRDBF specifying the member you want in the
physical.

Ex:

PF: MYPFILE
View: MYVIEW

OVRDBF FILE(MYVIEW) TOFILE(MYPFILE) MBR(NBR25)

According to Peter it should work, and I believe it will also.

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:13 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: 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

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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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