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RCDFMT(*ALL) to copy using all the record formats. If the record formats have<br />
different lengths, the command pads the shorter records with blanks.<br />
Selecting records by relative record numbers (FROMRCD and<br />
TORCD Parameters)<br />
Note: You can use this parameter on the CPYF command only.<br />
Relative record numbers can be specified for a copy from any file type except a<br />
keyed logical file. A keyed physical file can be copied in arrival order if relative<br />
record numbers are specified for the FROMRCD or TORCD parameter. Records can<br />
be copied:<br />
v From a specified record number (FROMRCD parameter) to a specified record<br />
number (TORCD parameter) OR<br />
v Until a specified number of records (NBRRCDS parameter) has been copied (see<br />
“Selecting a specified number of records (NBRRCDS Parameter)” on page 98)<br />
If the command reaches the end of the file before it reaches the specified ending<br />
record number or number of records, the copy completes normally.<br />
When a relative record number is specified, records are copied, starting with the<br />
specified relative record number, in the order in which they physically exist in the<br />
database file being copied from. This is true even if the physical file has a keyed<br />
sequence access path. You can use the COMPRESS parameter with the FROMRCD<br />
and TORCD parameters to further define which records you want to select for<br />
copying (see “Copying deleted records (COMPRESS Parameter)” on page 103).<br />
If the from-file is a physical file or a logical file with an arrival sequence access<br />
path, the TORCD value is a relative record number that counts both the deleted<br />
and undeleted records ahead of it. If the from-file is a device file or inline data file,<br />
the TORCD value is a record number that includes only undeleted records (even<br />
for an I-format diskette file).<br />
Deleted records retain their position among records that are not deleted. However<br />
these records do not necessarily retain their relative record number when they are<br />
copied if they are in the specified subset and COMPRESS(*NO) is specified. If you<br />
specify COMPRESS(*YES), the command skips the deleted records and does not<br />
copy them. In this case, when the record number that is specified (FROMRCD<br />
parameter) is a deleted record, copying starts with the first undeleted record that<br />
follows.<br />
This example shows how you can use the command to copy records from relative<br />
record number 500 to relative record number 1000 in the file EMP1 to the file<br />
EMP1T.<br />
CPYF FROMFILE(PERSONNEL/EMP1) +<br />
TOFILE(TESTLIB1/EMP1T) MBROPT(*REPLACE) +<br />
FROMRCD(500) TORCD(1000)<br />
Note: If you use record numbers to select records, you cannot use record keys<br />
(FROMKEY/TOKEY parameters) to select records on the same CPYF<br />
command.<br />
For information about using the FROMRCD and TORCD parameters with<br />
distributed files, see the DB2 Multisystem for AS/400 book.<br />
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