RE: Keyed file question

READ just reads the next record from wherever the file pointer is. You need something like SETLL or CHAIN to position that pointer if you want to read a particular record of interest.
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Sean Porterfield


-----Original Message-----
From: William Howie
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:20
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Keyed file question

Hello all...........

This probably seems like a silly question, but oh well, here goes. I have a file that is defined as a keyed file, both in the DDS and within the program that I am working on. I am loading data into this file that won't necessarily be in the same keyed sequence as the file definition is. Then within the program I just use a READ statement to loop through it, not any sort of a SETLL and READE scenario. Here's the question: the file will still get read in the keyed sequence specified in the file definition, correct? In other words, I should lose any sort of different sorting order the data might have been loaded into the file with simply because the file is keyed........right?

I only ask this because it seems to be behaving differently from that. Thanks in advance!

Bill Howie
Software Developer
AmTrust North America


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