Chuck, Each part file can be a type 30 (dynamic file). So you can just about get away with your original subject line.
Stewart -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stevenson, Charles Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2005 14:41 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Distributed SELECTs for distributed (Type27) files From: Dan Fitzgerald Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] Distributed SELECTs for distributed (Type30) files > I'm a bit confused by the subject line, though. Type 30 or distributed? > In UV, type 30 is dynamic. I'm trying to think of a clever excuse for why I called distributed files "Type30". Can't. It's "Type27". "Type30" are dynamically hashed files. Oh well, I only missed it by 2. Thanks for catching that, Dan. > Anyways... > > Assuming a clean & accurate &PARTFILES& (often not a good assumption, I never trust it. > and here's where it costs you a little something), you can use that to > determine how many parts there are currently. The more accurate way is > to query the dist file header (IIRC, it's an mv attribute returned by > SYSTEM). STATUS statement: STATUS FSTAT FROM file.var THEN ... ELSE ... >From UV10 Basic pg 11-694: Field Stored Value.............. Description................................... 24 Part numbers of part files Multivalued list. If file is a belonging to a distributed part file, this field contains the file part number, and field 25 is empty. 25 Pathnames of part files Multivalued list. If file is a part belonging to a distributed file, this field is empty. file 26 Filenames of part files Multivalued list. If file is a part belonging to a distributed file, this field is empty. file Of course, the partfiles need not be defined in the VOC for a distributed file to be valid. But the VOC pointers would be needed for this proposed distributed select, so one would have to come up with one's own convention. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ********************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete the original message and all copies. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. ********************************************************************** ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
