Hi Listers, anyone help with this. For our sins we are blessed with CA-Filemaster and one of our offshore guys recently found a new way to screw up based on a command called LASTREC. this is what happened:
He wanted to edit a trailr record and went into Filemaster to do so. For reasons as yet unknow decided that the way to do this was to enter "LASTREC" on the command line, this had the effect of indeed displaying the last record. He duly edited said record and saved fine. Unfortunately he did not spot that the record is now shifted 4 bytes to the left. This I speculated was because the file is VB and for some reason the first 4 bytes of the trailer where taken as the RDW: here is the actual record: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0- 999Z999999997057050222628 here is the record display by Filemaster after the "LASTREC" command: ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0- 99999999705705022262800000099900000000 10802250560029990000000099900000000 10802250560009990000000099 as you can see the record is shifted 4 bytes to the left and filemaster is displaying what it believes is part of the record(from col 22 on) as the length it now thinks it is is the max for the file ie 2k+ (by virtue of 9999 in what it thinks is the RDW). Needless to say, doing the change and saving the record caused problems. We now understand what is going on so fine, what we have no idea about is what is the "LASTREC" command actually doing? There is no mention of it in any of the manuals etc. can anyone shed any light on this? Thanks Gerry Generally, this communication is for informational purposes only and it is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. In the event you are receiving the offering materials attached below related to your interest in hedge funds or private equity, this communication may be intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of such fund(s). All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. Please refer to http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures for disclosures relating to UK legal entities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
