Re: READE with partial key

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be concerned that the date field is likely to be the highest date 
from the last read cycle, not *loval.  After the first read in the 
program it is unlikely that he will ever find a record with a date lower 
than the highest date read since the first cycle of the program.

On 6/19/2013 2:09 PM, Alan Shore wrote:
> 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.
>
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> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:54 PM
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> 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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