RE: READE with partial key -- RPG400-L

Wait a minute - I misread your e-mail.
I read DDS where you had typed DDL - my mistake.
In that case, as I haven't worked with DDL created files, I have to change my response to - I don't know

Alan Shore
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:09 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: RE: READE with partial key

I believe that as long as the f-spec for the file FILE is defined as keyed, you SHOULD get the records in Item (ascending) Date (ascending) order.

Alan Shore
E-mail : ASHORE@xxxxxxxx
Phone [O] : (631) 200-5019
Phone [C] : (631) 880-8640

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:54 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: READE with partial key

Suppose I have a file defined via DDL with unique key consisting of

Item (ascending)
Date (ascending)

// Set position in file
SETLL Item FILE;

// Only while this item
Dow '1';

Reade Item FILE;
If %EOF(FILE);
Leave;
Endif;

process record . . .

Enddo;

I am not assured of getting records within this item in ascending Date sequence, am I? Some testing I'm doing now shows that I don't.

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