Re[2]: Fw: File in CL Program

[Jodi_Walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jodi Walker)]

     perhaps i am missing something. please explain to me the difference 
     between using RCVF, which is a communication COMMAND, and one of these 
     db i/o COMMANDS to manipulate a database file. RCVF is just a front 
     end to other code - the same as these utlities. i'm not saying that 
     the code that supports RCVF is RPGLE - i am saying that the ability to 
     use RCVF is dependent upon code outside of the CLP that it is used in. 
     mr. clifford's db i/o utlities are not invoked by a CALL to a program 
     - they are simple commands like READ, UPDATE, WRITE - used the same as 
     RCVF with parameters, arguments & keyflds, etc.
     
     other than the fact that one is IBM supplied and the others are 
     home-grown and have observable code, I don't see a practical 
     difference. that is why i said it was possible 'with a little help.'  
     
     i'd rather have someone answer the 'is it POSSIBLE' question with some 
     creativity rather than a simple 'no.'  if i have two candidates, one 
     who says 'no' and one who says, in effect, 'not with IBM supplied 
     commands, but it is possible if...' guess who i am inclined to hire? 
     
     is it possible for man to fly? no. but if he built a machine with 
     wings and an engine....
     
     jw
     


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Subject: Re: Fw: File in CL Program
Author:  "Mike Silvers" <msilvers@hbs-inc.com> at Internet
Date:    08/29/2000 2:52 PM


This code does not allow you to update a file using CL, it uses RPGLE 
programs to do the file manipulation.  You still can not update a file in CL 
only.
     
     
----- Original Message -----
From: Jodi Walker <Jodi_Walker@ccmail.columbia.com> 
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:48 AM 
Subject: Re: Fw: File in CL Program
     
     
>      Actually, yes it is possible to update a db file in a CL.  In fact, 
>      you can do more than update - IF you have a little help.  Read the 
>      article at
>
http://www.as400network.com/artarchive/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticl 
>      e&CO_ContentID=7217
>
>      then download & install the code.  I couldn't resist trying it & it 
>      works like a champ.
>      If the link doesn't work, just search the AS400 network site for the 
>      article called 'CL flexes its database muscles' by Peter Clifford.
>
>      Things you can do with these db i/o commands in CL: 
>      Open a db file
>      Close a db file
>      Read a record from a db file
>      Position the file cursor in a db file 
>      Update a record in a db file
>      Write a record to a database file
>      Delete a record from a database file 
>      Release a locked record
>      Retrieve the value of a named field from a record format 
>      Change the value of a named field in a record format
>
>         jw
>
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> Subject: Fw: File in CL Program
> Author:  Nancy Savino <newnancy@juno.com> at Internet 
> Date:    08/29/2000 7:47 AM
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> --------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From: Nancy Savino <newnancy@juno.com> 
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:18:56 -0400 
> Subject: File in CL Program
> Message-ID: <20000825.112007.-159601.0.newnancy@juno.com> 
>
> I recently went on an interview. (By the way, I am the one who has been
> looking for a job for over a year and has not found one yet). He asked me
     
> about files in CL programs. I told him that there can only be one, that I 
> have read database files in a CL program in a loop, etc. Can you update a 
> database file in a CL program? I told him that I never had done that.
>
> Sincerely, Nancy
>
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