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Is it possible to add an keyfield or field to an Physical file without changing its file identifier.

Example : - Say I have an existing physical file which is being used in 5 programs. Now I want to add an additional Keyfield or an field to it and I don't want to recompile the programs.

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Is it possible to add an keyfield or field to an Physical file without changing its file identifier...

Answer / vivek dwivedi

You can add field in file using sql. Alter table as below..

ALTER TABLE File_Name ADD COLUMN Field_Name SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0

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Is it possible to add an keyfield or field to an Physical file without changing its file identifier...

Answer / prabhu

Yes, After adding the key field try CHGPF.

I believe adding key fields and CHGPF will not change the record identifier so here no need to recompile your programs.

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