How to update only a field of a PF in an RPG program.
I don't want to update the record, only one field.

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How to update only a field of a PF in an RPG program. I don't want to update the record, only ..

Answer / s.kumar

If file FileA has fields field1, field2, field3, and we
want to write out field2 only ...

C...except..Change

OfileA...E...Change
O...............field2

Hope it will work fine.

For Free Format try out following...

Update Recformat %fields(field2);

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How to update only a field of a PF in an RPG program. I don't want to update the record, only ..

Answer / kapil kumar

Use CHAIN for that record
then EVAL fld='value'
UPDATE pfrecfmt

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