Comments on: Declaring the same file twice with two OPENID and reading the same file twice in CL Program http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/ Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: April 5, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/#comment-90483 The Most-Watched IT Questions: April 5, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:39:54 +0000 #comment-90483 [...] 7. CharlieBrowne, TomLiotta, and Bvining discuss the details of declaring the same file twice with two OpenIDs and reading them simultaneously in a CL program. [...]

]]> By: bvining http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/#comment-89937 bvining Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:38:18 +0000 #comment-89937 After the CLOSE (note that the command to use is CLOSE, not CLOF) the next RCVF will be positioned at the first record within the (implicitly opened) file.

]]> By: charliebrowne http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/#comment-89912 charliebrowne Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:21:48 +0000 #comment-89912 Bruce
If you do a CLOF and and then a 2nd RCVF is the cursor at the first record, or do yo uneed to do a POSDBF?

]]> By: bvining http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/#comment-89870 bvining Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:12:15 +0000 #comment-89870 You can, depending on the release level of your system, either use two DCLFs with unique OPNIDs; or have one DCLF, use the CLOSE command when you’re done reading the file the first time, and then use a RCVF against the closed file. The RCVF will re-open the file for further processing.

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/declating-the-same-file-twice-with-two-openid-and-reading-the-same-file-twice-incl-program/#comment-89852 tomliotta Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:40 +0000 #comment-89852 Since it takes four trivial statements to test this (six if you want a fairly exhaustive test), it would be easier to run a live test than to ask the question and wait/watch for an answer. That makes it hard to view this as a “business problem” rather than a “homework/interview problem”.

Tom

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