Re: today's how-best-to question...

["Martin Rowe" <dbg400.net@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/05/07, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And that lends itself well to a keyed dtaq(maybe) or temporary file(keyed)
>
> Reading more about keyed dtaq's is starting to steer me away from
> them('cause I only dabble in programming).
>
> Looks like I may give the page-at-a-time with a temp file a try.

Hi Bryan

I went that route for my spooled file utilities[1], where QUSLSPL
entries are loaded into a keyed temp file. The routine uses a
page=size subfile, and stores subfile options in a keyed data queue
(keyed on the temp file rrn). That way you can scroll back & forth,
reposition, etc, keeping subfile requests until ready to execute. It
is definitely slower loading into the temp file first, but is more
flexible (imo) that way.

Regards, Martin
[1] http://www.dbg400.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/DBG400/WrkUsrOutQ