William
the RPG READ returns the "next" record
"next" depends on two things:
1) the current position of your program's cursor within the file,
which is affected by CHAIN, SETLL, READ, READE, READP
2) the key sequence of the file: >IF< the RPG F spec
specifies "K" as the record address type
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Howie
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:20 AM
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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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