> -----Original Message----- > > >>So how do you use it? What do you do differently when you get a 97 > than > >>when you get a 00? > > > >Depending on the application, I might put out a message saying to > >reconstruct from logs. > > Reconstruct what? I thought 97 meant the open statement was > successful and file integrity was verified. So the file is OK, the > open is OK. > > What am I missing?
That depends on how important data integrity is to you. 97 indicates that the last user of the file did not close it properly. The mechanics of the file (index/CI/CA) structure is valid. It does not insure that all of the buffers were written to the file when it was not closed. I.E. - you may be missing data. Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Facilities Design and Operations Contract NASA/JSC Address: 2100 Space Park Drive LM-15-4BH Houston, Texas 77058 Mail: P.O. Box 58487 Mail Code H4C Houston, Texas 77258 Phone: Voice: (281)336-5027 Cell: (713)591-1059 Fax: (281)336-5410 E-Mail: dennis.ro...@lmco.com All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my employer or any person, company, or thing, living or dead, on or near this or any other planet, moon, asteroid, or other spatial object, natural or manufactured, since the beginning of time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
