Re: Compiling a program with two files having the same name

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

I think that EXTFILE appeared first with V5R1.

Booth,

Do you have SQL? Even if the field attributes aren't exactly the same, as
long as they are the same basic type (numeric, character) you could do an
INSERT INTO NEWFILE (NEW_FIELD1, NEW_FIELD1, NEW_FIELDNN) Select OldFIeld_1,
OldFIeld_2, OldFIeld_nn From OLDFILE.

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries


On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>   Hi Booth,
>
>   If it's a one time thing CPYF with *MAP *DROP may work.
>
>   If RPG then wouldn't EXTFILE and PREFIX not work?  You could PREFIX(N_)
>   for the new file and PREFIX(O_) for the old file.
>
>   Rob
>    Booth Martin wrote:
>
>  I have to populate a new file in a new library with data from an old
>  file in an old library.  The file names are the same, but the field
>  names are different/  Both are externally defined.
>
>  Great excuse to use EXTFILE() keyword!  :)
>
>  This machine is at v4r4.  :(
>
>  I thought I knew how to do this, but I can see now that I don't.
>
>  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
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