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<h1 class="topictitle1">Change a physical file description and attributes</h1>
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<div><p>Sometimes when you make a change to a physical file description
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and then re-create the file, the level identifier can change. If the level
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identifier changes, you can either compile the program again or avoid recompiling
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using a logical file.</p>
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<div class="section"> <p>For example, the level identifier changes if you add a field
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to the file description, or change the length of an existing field. If the
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level identifier changes, you can compile the program again that uses the
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physical file. After the program is recompiled, it uses the new
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level check identifier.</p>
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<p>You can avoid compiling again by creating a
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logical file that presents data to your programs in the original record format
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of the physical file. Using this approach, the logical file has the same level
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check identifier as the physical file before the change.</p>
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<p>For example,
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you decide to add a field to a physical file record format. To avoid compiling
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your program again, follow these steps:</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Change the DDS and create a new physical file (FILEB in LIBA) to
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include the new field:</span> <pre>CRTPF FILE(LIBA/FILEB) MBR(*NONE)...</pre>
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<p>FILEB
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does not have a member. (The old file FILEA is in library LIBA and has one
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member MBRA.)</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Copy the member of the old physical file to the new physical file: </span> <pre>CPYF FROMFILE(LIBA/FILEA) TOFILE(LIBA/FILEB)
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FROMMBR(*ALL) TOMBR(*FROMMBR)
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MBROPT(*ADD) FMTOPT(*MAP)</pre>
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<p>The member in the new physical
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file is automatically named the same as the member in the old physical file
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because FROMMBR(*ALL) and TOMBR(*FROMMBR) are specified. The FMTOPT parameter
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specifies to copy (*MAP) the data in the fields by field name.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Describe a new logical file (FILEC) that looks like the original
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physical file (the logical file record format does <em>not</em> include the
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new physical file field). Specify FILEB for the PFILE keyword. (When a level
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check is done, the level identifier in the logical file and the level identifier
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in the program match because FILEA and FILEC have the same format.)</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Create the new logical file: </span> <pre>CRTLF FILE(LIBA/FILEC)...</pre>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>You can now perform one of the following operations:</span> <ol type="a"><li>Use an Override with Database File (OVRDBF) command in the appropriate
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jobs to override the old physical file referred to in the program with the
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logical file (the OVRDBF command parameters are described in more detail in <a href="rbafopreopn.htm#rbafopreopn">Database file processing: Runtime considerations</a>). <pre>OVRDBF FILE(FILEA) TOFILE(LIBA/FILEC)</pre>
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</li>
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<li>Delete the old physical file and rename the logical file to the name of
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the old physical file so the file name in the program does not have to be
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overridden. <pre>DLTF FILE(LIBA/FILEA)
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RNMOBJ OBJ(LIBA/FILEC) OBJTYPE(*FILE)
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NEWOBJ(FILEA)</pre>
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</li>
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<div class="section"> <p>The following tables illustrate the relationship of the record
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formats used in the three files.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. FILEA (old
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physical file)</caption><tbody><tr><td valign="top">FLDA</td>
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<td valign="top">FLDB</td>
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<td valign="top">FLDC</td>
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<p>In FILEB, FLDB1 was added to the record format.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 2. FILEB (new physical file)</caption><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"> </td>
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<td valign="top" width="20%">FLDB1</td>
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<td valign="top" width="20%"> </td>
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<p>FILEC shares the record format of FILEA. FLDB1 is not used in the
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record format for the logical file.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 3. FILEC
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(logical file)</caption><tbody><tr><td valign="top">FLDA</td>
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<td valign="top">FLDB</td>
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<td valign="top">FLDC</td>
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<td valign="top">FLDD</td>
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<p>When you make changes to a physical file, which causes you to create
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the file again, all logical files referring to it must first be deleted before
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you can delete and create a new physical file. After the physical file is
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re-created, you can re-create or restore the logical files referring to it. </p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafochgpfdaex1.htm">Example 1: Change a physical file description and attributes</a></strong><br />
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This example shows how to create a new physical file with the same name in a different library.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafochgpfdaex2.htm">Example 2: Change a physical file description and attributes</a></strong><br />
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This example shows how to create new versions of files in the same library.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafochgfile.htm" title="These topics discuss how to change the database file descriptions and attributes. Considerations for changing fields in a file description are also included.">Change database file descriptions and attributes</a></div>
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