*COUNTER and *NUMBER with read and fine

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Hi all,

  1. Can *NUMBER be used with READ?

  2. I have one sample program where i am using find and read.

    eg: FIND EMP-VIEW WITH CITY = PARIS
    where EMP-NAME = ‘MARK’
    DISPLAY *COUNTER
    DISPLAY *NUMBER
    ( Assume that there are 10 records with city = paris and 5recods with name =mark)

So what will be the output?

3. In the above question if i use READ instead of FIND, what will be the output?

Thanks,
R.

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Education, Education, Education.

  1. NO

  2. *NUMBER = 10, *COUNTER = 5

  3. Meaningless question since there will not be a value for *NUMBER. You will get a NAT0285 compile error. Also, there is not direct counterpart (in terms of Adabas activity) to a WITH clause in a FIND for a READ statement. In other words, there is no ISN list. Closest would be READ emp-view by city starting from ‘paris’ to ‘paris’ where emp-name = ‘mark’

Demand an Adabas and a Natural class from your employer.

steve