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Jeff,
The short answer is that it's not guaranteed, unless you specify a
"helper" keyword, such as FIFO, LIFO, etc.
See:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3?topic=files-arranging-duplicate-keys
for some rules.
-mark
On 5/12/2021 10:30 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
Curiosity question.will
Suppose a file allows duplicate keys and there are 2 key fields.
If I do a Chain to this file and there are multiple matching records,
I _always_ get the same record? Like (maybe) the one with the lowestRRN?
Or might it be different from 1 Chain to the next?--
Thanks.
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