Re: File cursor when using EXTFILE(*EXTDESC) -- RPG400-L

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Thanks.
That is what I thought, but wanted to be sure.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 4/3/2013 3:42 PM, Jeff Young wrote:

I have a file, call it MASTER which is an actual database file.
In my RPGLE program, I have file MASTER defined as Update / Add - Full
Procedural.
In that same program, I define file XMASTER as Input only, using keywords
EXTDESC('MASTER'), ExtFile(*ExtDesc), Prefix(Z : 1).

In the program, I chain to file MASTER for update.
I then chain to file XMASTER using a different key.

Will I have 2 different file cursors?
If not, do I need to chain to file MASTER again to restore the original
file cursor?

Yes, you'll have a separate file cursor for each F spec.

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