Re: API for file last change date

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryan,

I suspect the confusion came from a typo.  In the message Jon replied 
to, you said "were" externally described.

-SK


On 8/5/2018 5:40 AM, Bryan Dietz wrote:
> "real" was a poor choice of words.  I was trying to use:
>
> SELECT * FROM Qsys2.Syspartitionstat WHERE
> (Table_Schema = 'Library' AND TABLE_NAME = 'Filename')
>
> to check for member change date/time, but a couple files did not show up.
>
> found out when   I checked the DSPFD, it shows:
> Externally described file . . . . . . . . . : No
>
> since it isn't externally described, it won't show up in any of the 
> SQL catalog tables, since it isn't a relational file. <IBM explanation>
>
> Bryan
>
> Jon Paris wrote on 8/4/2018 4:11 PM:
> > There's (almost) no such thing as a not "real DB" file' Bryan.  The 
> > are still in the system tables surely?
> >
> >
> > Jon Paris