Hi Nick,
Thanks for the suggestion.  We use lots of message files, too.  However,
they aren't a good substitute for this application.  The circular (CIR)
files
are being used as archival logs.  As files (such as EDI) are received/
transmitted/etc, they are appended to the circular log files.  Whenever
we
need to research something, it's a simple matter of scanning the circular
file for the data in question.

The beauty of circular files is they never 'fill up'.  Our applications
can
write to the files without danger of writing beyond the file limit.

Best regards,
Steve
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Steve Donnelly
Expeditors International - Corp MIS Support

~~~ Original Message Text Follows: ~~~

> Thanks to everyone (Scott, Jeff, Gavin, and Christian) who responded to
> my
> question about circular files and compatibility mode.  The answer is
that
> circular (CIR), relative I/O (RIO) and CM-KSAM are still implemented in
> CM code.
>
> Best regards,
> Steve
> -------------------------------------------
> Steve Donnelly
> Expeditors International - Corp MIS Support

I forget the beginning of this thread, but could you use
message files (assuming that they are implemented in native
mode)?  Message files were not listed in your message.

Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]

Performance Software Group
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