RE: Best Way to find duplicate records in same file

["Mike Shaw" <mhshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vern,

And we could go back to matching record processing too!  <VBG>



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 12:55 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Best Way to find duplicate records in same file

Anyone remember control levels? The cycle? Perfect use for it. Put L1 on

all the fields. If L1 is *OFF, delete the record. Use primary processing
- 
not full-procedural. Get a taste of how easy it used to be.

The "Geezer" strikes again!

Vern

At 01:50 PM 5/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I'd pick some logical file, any logical file, for that physical, so
long as
>it included all fields.
>
>I'd define a data structure externally.  I'd define a field New data
>Like(The Data Structure) and eval it as equal to the new record..
>
>Then I would use the key to do setll/read loop while the key is
unchanged.
>
>In the loop if the datastructure equals the new data field, then I'd
process
>my duplicate record subroutine.
>


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