Hi Pat,

Couldn't you do a DBFIND, then check the Chain Length  (bytes 5 and 6 in the status array)? IIRC, that always worked for me.

Regards

Pat Shugart wrote:

> 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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