Re: Using CHAIN instead of SETLL AND READE to begin a loopwhich reads a group

[Gary Guthrie <garyguthrie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

DDS keyword FIFO requires that you not reuse deleted records. Typically,
it is a very bad idea to create files without the attribute set to allow
the system to reuse deleted records.

Even in a case where you might determine that it is okay to not allow
the system to reuse deleted records today, tomorrow might be a different
story. In such a case, you would be facing a problem because the key
structure doesn't suffice.

And what happens to the arrival sequence path if you copy the file or
reorganize it over the key fields?

Gary Guthrie
Senior Technical Editor, iSeries NEWS


"M. Lazarus" wrote:
>
>   I do believe that there is a file level keyword, FIFO, that can be used
> to ensure consistent retrieval for duplicate keys.