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<h1 class="topictitle1">Open a database file member</h1>
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<div><p>You can open a database file member with statements in your high-level
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language program. You can also use the control language (CL) open commands:
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Open Database File (OPNDBF) and Open Query File (OPNQRYF).</p>
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<p>To use a database file in a program, your program must issue an open operation
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to the database file. If you do not specify an open operation in some programming
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languages, they automatically open the file for you. If you did
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not specify a member name in your program or on an Override with Database
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File (OVRDBF) command, the first member (as defined by creation date and time)
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in the file is used.</p>
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<p>If you specify a member name, files that have the correct file name but
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do not contain the member name are ignored. If you have multiple database
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files named FILEA in different libraries, the member that is opened is the
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first one in the library list that matches the request. For example, LIB1,
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LIB2, and LIB3 are in your library list and all three contain a file named
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FILEA. Only FILEA in LIB3 has a member named MBRA that is to be opened. Member
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MRBA in FILEA in LIB3 is opened; the other FILEAs are ignored.</p>
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<p>After finding the member, the system connects your program to the database
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file. This allows your program to perform input/output operations to the file.
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For more information about opening files in your high-level language program,
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see the appropriate high-level language topic collection.</p>
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<p> You can also open a database file member with the OPNDBF command and the
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OPNQRYF command. The OPNDBF command is useful in an initial program in a job
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for opening shared files. The OPNQRYF command is very effective in selecting
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and arranging records outside your program. Then, your program can use the
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information supplied by the OPNQRYF command to process only the data it needs. </p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafoopen.htm" title="These topics describe how to use the Open Query File (OPNQRYF) and Open Database File (OPNDBF) commands to open database file members in a program. Examples, performance considerations, and guidelines for writing a high-level language program are included. Typical errors that might occur are also discussed.">Open a database file</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../rbam6/rbam6clmain.htm">Control language (CL)</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../cl/opndbf.htm">Open Database File (OPNDF) command</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/opnqryf.htm">Open Query File (OPNQRYF) command</a></div>
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