DSXchange

The problem I have is that on my disk I can find gigabytes of various hash file folders + maybe some temporary sorter or aggregator files.. The programs that created those files are long deleted and I have no clue what they are. Is there a way to link the physical names of files and folders on a dis...

Thanx kduke, thanx ray.
It works and is in production already )

Can it be done? Does it have to be a sequential file or data set file? If you're talking about the hash files, sure. You just cannot have two links from the same hash stage. What you have to do is take two hash stages (for the same hash file), do not turn on cashing, nor for writing neither for rea...

I need to write a basic routine which reads only the first record (item) from a hash file passed to it as a parameter.
The Read statement works fine when you have the item-id, but what if you don't, how do you get the first record only?

Thanx in advance!