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IMAGE,COBOL:Determining path information
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Pat Shugart <[log in to unmask]>
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Pat Shugart <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:56:55 -0400
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Hello all,

I need to determine in a DBFIND (not DBGET) if an entry exists in a specific 
dataset for a key value. I hope I can make my explanation clear enough...

For example:

Dataset A (DETAIL)
PATHNAME = KEY
VALUE = "HI MOM"

Dataset B (DETAIL)
PATHNAME = KEY
VALUE = "HI MOM"
or
The value may not exist at all in B while it exists in A

Both use the same auto-master.

I'm reading in a file and trying to determine if a duplicate record condition would occur if I were to do a DBPUT. I'm thinking that DBFIND only interogates the master entry and its chain length and not specific to the dataset. Is that correct? We tried doing a DBFIND and a DBGET, but it broke something else in the program and we're trying to do as little work as possible (isn't that always the case?)

TIA for any thoughts,


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Pat Shugart
Trinity Information Services
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
248.489.6123
248.488.9195 (fax)

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