Re: How to prevent CPF5026

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can't.

What you can do (and arguably should be doing) is remove the CPF from the
job log for an expected and handled error.
https://www.itjungle.com/2005/02/16/fhg021605-story02/

Charles

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 8:21 AM <dfreinkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a program that writes records to a file, nothing new. However,
> occasionally there is a situation where the record already exists and I
> need
> to add the quantity to the total quantity field. That is nothing new.
>
>
>
> I do a WRITE(E) followed by IF %ERROR() and then do a update to the
> record.
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> This works well.
>
>
>
> However, when the system detects the duplicate record, it sends out a
> CPF5026 to the job log with an automatic reply C.
>
>
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> I do not want to chain first and then do a WRITE or an UPDATE as needed as
> 99% of the records will not exist.
>
>
>
> How can I prevent the CPF5026 from being generated?
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>
> Darryl Freinkel
>
> A4G
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