On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:43:31 -0600 Howard Brazee <howard.bra...@cusys.edu> wrote:
:>On 15 Sep 2009 06:59:56 -0700, dennis.ro...@lmco.com (Roach, Dennis , :>N-GHG) wrote: :>>> Reconstruct what? I thought 97 meant the open statement was :>>> successful and file integrity was verified. So the file is OK, the :>>> open is OK. :>>> What am I missing? :>>That depends on how important data integrity is to you. :>>97 indicates that the last user of the file did not close it properly. :>>The mechanics of the file (index/CI/CA) structure is valid. :>>It does not insure that all of the buffers were written to the file when it was not closed. :>>I.E. - you may be missing data. :>So you're saying I cannot trust that "file integrity is verified". It :>may be lying. Have you come across this happening? Lying? For example, file is opened for output, application puts a record and abends before the data is firmed. Index and data is in synch, but the new data is not there. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
