Re: Readp statement wait indefinitely

["Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if this file is keyed DESCENDing? In that case this would be an
attempt to read the last (lowest) record in the file?
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 08/14/05 19:52:39
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Readp statement wait indefinitely
 
Hi All,
 
I need some assistance in understanding the concept of how ReadP statment
works.   I see the following set of statments in one of our RPGLE programs:
 
*Loval          SetLL           File1
                   ReadP(E)     File1
 
The above ReadP statement is simply waiting for infinite time till a record
is inserted into File1.       I expected a BOF or EOF condition.     I would
like to know on what conditions a ReadP statement waits for a record to be
inserted and in what condition just returns "No Record Found" condition.
 
Please help me in understanding this concepts.
 
TIA,
Nanda