Sorry your right, I was thinking of a serial read. But on a Friday about the
only way I can think is serially.

John Krussel
Systems Manager
Nordstrom Direct
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Werth [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 1:37 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re:      Re: Image Chain Order
>
> John,
>
> That is not quite right. While the records may physically be in the file
> in
> something other than chronological order for a serial read of the file,
> the
> chain pointers will still be in order chronologically. When you add a new
> record, regardless of where in the file the entry is placed physically it
> will be added to the end of the chain.
>
> Doug.
>
> Doug Werth                                     Beechglen Development Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Krussel <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Image Chain Order
>
>
> >Not so fast, If any of your programs delete records from the set then new
> >entries will be added in the spot where the old records were deleted
> (Image
> >uses the delete chain before the hiwater mark). So in that case they
> would
> >not be in chronological order. Now if you enable HWMPUT in dbutil for
> that
> >base then new records will always be added at the hiwater mark even if
> there
> >is a delete chain so they will be in chronological order.
> >
> >John Krussel
> >Systems Manager
> >Nordstrom Direct
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> >http://www.nordstrom.com
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tom Brandt [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 1:18 PM
> >> To:   [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject:      Re: Image Chain Order
> >>
> >> At 15:59 8/6/99 -0400, Jim Phillops wrote:
> >> >Given an Image detail data set in "natural" condition (that is, no
> >> >reorg, no DBUNLOAD/DBLOAD, etc. has been performed on the set),
> >> >are the records returned in chronological order when DBFINDing by
> >> >the primary path and DBGETting them (mode 5)?
> >>
> >> Assuming also no sort fields, yes, the entries will be returned in
> >> chronological order.
> >>
> >> Tom Brandt                            Northtech Systems, Inc.
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>