Re: D-spec using the same file name twice

Thanks for your reply Nick
The problem with this is that someone else may come along to maintain this
program. Even with detailed documentation within the program, there's no
guarantee that the other programmer will read it.

If I can just create a program that will compile/promote without having to
do something different from the norm, it will make life easier



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Hi Allan,

Why don't you just use a different file name, with a name of your
choosing, in your program in the D specs? Then, in your CL you just have
to do an OVRDBF to the actual file name.

Also, you will have to have an override in effect when you compile your
program.



Thanx,

Nick



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Thanks for your reply Bob
In my mainframe COBOL days, I used this trick ALL the time, It was a god
send
It just meant that you could get 2 different records using the same access
key from what looked like 2 different files (internally within the program
one or both "files" was/were qualified) , but externally, it was the same
file
It looks like I will have to create a new logical

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At the same time? Wouldn't it be easier to process one then process the
next? I've renamed formats, using multiple logical files (with different
keys), so your logical idea should work, but I've never tried to use the
same actual file 2 times in the same program.



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Afternoon all

I know at one point, what I am about to ask is not feasible in RPG (COBOL
is another matter), but the last time I asked this was when I had first
moved over from mainframe COBOL to AS/400 RPG. (TOO many moons ago)

Can you specify the same file name (physical or logical) more than once in
a program?

I want to process 2 separate records by using the same key, or do I have
to
create a new logical with the same key as the file that already exists?

I almost forgot - we are on V5r4


As always - many thanks in anticipation



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