Re: Do I still need to use FRCRATIO

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, closing the file should force it to disk.
Likewise, you could use FEOD (without closing the file)
Or you could put BLOCK(*NO) on the F-spec.

I'm not sure you really meant FRCRATIO, did you?  Perhaps you meant 
SEQONLY?  But in any case, they shouldn't be needed if you're closing 
the file.

Alan Shore wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Hopefully the explanation of my problem will make sense
>
> For USER01, In program A, a record is written to fileA
> then seconds or minutes later,
> For USER02, In program B the record is deleted from FileA before going into
> program A, and writing the same record to fileA
>
> The result is that the delete seems NOT to be working as it seems that I
> end up with duplicate records (no unique key on fileA)
>
> At first I thought that this might be a situation to use the FRCRATIO on
> FileA within program A, but when I look into program A, the file is defined
> with usropn, and the file is only opened when a write is required and then
> immediately closed directly AFTER the write.
> My understanding is that the buffer will be flushed when the file is
> closed.
>
> Is this correct, or do I need to use the FRCRATIO parameter on an OVRDBF
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
>
> Alan Shore
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