How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and
CHAIN?

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / avinash

by using file information data structure we can find the
number of records in a file.

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / david lex

setll KeyA FileA;
if %equal( FileA );
...
endif;

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / kcsyam

SETLL with inticator EQ = 1

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / rizwan

Without using Prg if you want to check the records of a Pf
through command line you can use
DSPFD (Display File Description)
which gives you the Total number of records as well as
deleted records in a PF.

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / venkateshp foursoft

PGM PARM(&NBRRCD)
DCL &NBRRCD TYPE(*DEC) LEN(10 0)

RTVMBRD FILE(STR) MBR(*FIRST) +
NBRCURRCD(&NBRRCD)
ENDPGM

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How do you know if a record exists without doing a READ and CHAIN?..

Answer / sravs

We Can Done THis By using Setll with %found also..

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