RE: Keyed file question

There can also be an issue with *LOVAL if you have UNSIGNED, ABSVAL or
floating=point keys. See this article:



http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/rpg/dont-be-misled-by-setll-*lo
val.html



Trevor Briggs

Analyst/Programmer

Lincare, Inc.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:54 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RE: Keyed file question



We don't have null capable fields, which is why we have never had a
problem.

As for being faster, well how much do you really save?

But I do agree that *START is more descriptive.



Alan Shore

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-----Original Message-----

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Morris

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:19 PM

To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: Keyed file question



On 2012/8/23 1:37 PM, Alan Shore wrote:

You can also use *LOVAL as well as START

Usually *LOVAL works the same as *START, but *LOVAL doesn't necessarily
get you to the beginning of the file if you have null-capable fields.



As bonuses:

- *START is faster than *LOVAL

- *START is more descriptive than *LOVAL

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