Physical File Questions and Answers

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How to export an AS/400 physical file to Microsoft Excel?

how to export as400 physical file to excel

View Answer   |  Jan 12 2009  1:45 AM GMT
AS/400 import/export, Physical File, Microsoft Excel
asked by Reskind

  5 pts.

count physical files

How can I count all the physical files on a System i?

View Answer   |  Jan 8 2009  3:44 PM GMT
System i, COUNT, Physical File
asked by Vitome

  5 pts.

Query/physical file headings

Hi, I have a query that creates a file. I transfer the file to my C drive as a cvs file that I send out to a vendor. He would like headings on the file.....I can't seem to find out how to do this.....I know this is a silly question but how can I get the column headings on the file? If I import...

View Answer   |  Jan 6 2009  4:19 PM GMT
CVS, Physical File, Microsoft Excel
asked by Rmason

  335 pts.

Embedded SQL over multiple physical file members

Hi, I'm writing a program to process all the members in a physical file. I've done this using embedded SQL because the selection criteria is quite complex. The physical file belongs to an application which I can't change, so I will always have to deal with multiple members. I also don't have...

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2009  12:56 AM GMT
Embedded SQL, RPG, Physical File
asked by Gilly400

  23625 pts.

Record addition in a PF

I have a PF with some data in it which i am using in a RPG program. I got another text file with extra data related to PF in it. I have to add this data to the existing data in the PF, Please tell me how can i do this from my RPG program....advance thanks

View Answer   |  Jan 3 2009  6:15 PM GMT
RPG, Physical File, RPG/400
asked by Ten2008

  705 pts.

How to send the data from a Physical file to a Flat file

Please check the below prgram and advice me how to send the data from APH(physical file) to Flate file SAAPH (flat file). FTRF is a datstructure created for send the data only this two fields in flat file. i am not sure how to club this data structre and flat file in programe. FAPH IF E ...

View Answer   |  Dec 23 2008  12:45 AM GMT
RPG, Physical File, RPG/400
asked by Askt1

  105 pts.

AS/400 script or program needed

I want script or a program which can be called so that i can get the specific information from the system and prints for me in Spool file. For example, i want to know all the PF which are attached to Triggers and their action and also the library. Can any one give a sample script for this or any...

View Answer   |  Dec 17 2008  8:51 AM GMT
Spool files, Physical File, AS/400 development
asked by ITStarter

  5 pts.

source physical file snd member

how system identify that this member is a member of this source file in as/400?

View Answer   |  Dec 11 2008  8:39 PM GMT
Physical File, AS/400 source member
asked by Dineshtiwari

  5 pts.

How to get the row count of a PF with RPG ILE?

Hello, I'm looking for an example of how to get a row count of a PF from a ILE rpg program. Thanks everybody.

View Answer   |  Dec 10 2008  2:10 AM GMT
RPG, RPG ILE, RPGILE
asked by Mariodlg

  210 pts.

How to view online the new data added to a PF?

Hi, I need to display in a subfile the new data added to a phisical file, in real time. Who knows unix, this is something like the command "tail -f". Thanks a lot!

View Answer   |  Dec 10 2008  1:24 AM GMT
Subfile, PF/LF, Physical File
asked by Mariodlg

  210 pts.

Clearing a PF record on AS/400

I'm chaining a field to a unique keyed PF. I'm getting a not found indicator so I'm trying to write the record but I receive a duplicate key error. How this can be I do not understand. A colleague suggested that a field (or fields) within the record might be a key of other LF's over the file and...

View Answer   |  Dec 9 2008  10:41 PM GMT
RPG, CHAIN, Physical File
asked by Floyd02

  270 pts.

Searching out and eliminating unuse files on AS/400

We have over 1700 files & members in a production library, and we know that there are many that are no longer used or pertinent. We thought we could clean these up by running DSPFD to a physical file and checking such parameters as "last used date", but this seems to be ambiguous and fraught with...

View Answer   |  Dec 9 2008  8:48 PM GMT
AS/400 performance, Physical File, DSPFD
asked by Stoogenut

  10 pts.

Differnce between source physical file and physical file on AS/400

What is AS/400? Difference between source physical file and physical file?

View Answer   |  Dec 9 2008  7:01 PM GMT
AS/400, Physical File, Source physical files
asked by AS400 - Ask the Expert

  395 pts.

XML to Physical file

We will be receiving a file in XML format. Is there a way that I can convert file to a physical file on the 400.

View Answer   |  Dec 8 2008  8:34 PM GMT
XML, Physical File
asked by Dman46

  5 pts.

AS/400 - Physical File in update mode

hi all, i have a physical file i need to update that file (not append) ,I opened that file in update mode eg F MYFILE UF E K DISK (i didn't mention 'A' because i dont need to append records) now after certain checks i update (any field) with syntex. UPDATE RECORD FORMAT ...

View Answer   |  Dec 4 2008  4:30 AM GMT
CHAIN, Physical File, AS/400 administration
asked by Ambrish 82

  275 pts.

AS/400: Unique records in file

hi all, i have a problem , suppose i have a physical file which has multiple occurrences of fld1 , now i need to access that in distinct (one data single time) order. so i created a logical file with UNIQUE keyword . but when i make query on this LF then msg comes that no member found. and a dump...

View Answer   |  Dec 2 2008  8:39 AM GMT
PF/LF, Logical File, Physical File
asked by Ambrish 82

  275 pts.

Display files in AS/400

I am getting stated with RPG400.I hev this requirement to add a new field in an existing screen and move this value to a new PF.This is when the screen is opened in crete mode. the other screen where the new field is to be added is the update screen.In this screen value is to be retrieved from the...

View Answer   |  Nov 24 2008  9:37 AM GMT
RPG, Report Program Generator, PF/LF
asked by Anderson123

  840 pts.

iSeries: Accessing src PF member using Java/400

I am a veteran iSeries programmer but new to Java. We have a requirement of reading src PF member as record (each line) and to be transmitted. Also, incoming streams to be created as a src PF member by adding the recs in it. Which Java/400 class can be used to read from a member (e.g...

View Answer   |  Nov 17 2008  6:28 AM GMT
iSeries, Java, Java classes
asked by Raju400

  60 pts.

Finding newly created objects

I am trying to define a query to find any newly created objects ona daily basis. I have scheduled a job to run daily that creates a file to display all DSPOBJD which outputs into a physical file. I now want to query this file to find anything created on the previous day (the job runs overnight)....

View Answer   |  Nov 4 2008  4:36 PM GMT
AS/400 Query, Physical File, DSPOBJD
asked by Gross

  140 pts.

Copy data from flat file to a flat file

My requirement is : I need to copy data from 1 big flat file to a flat file,but size of this flat file must not > 3MB, if size increases then new members will be created and remaining data will be copied there ….so on..hence this small files will only contain records with size upto 3mb. Can...

View Answer   |  Nov 3 2008  6:37 AM GMT
COBOL, RPG, COBOL/400
asked by Supriyob2

  65 pts.

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