FILEMASTER CONTROL CARD LIMITS

[Derez Lusk]

Hi ! 
  We've been doing lot's of data fixes within the last two months, so my question is  what is the limitation on  the control cards  

Using an example  with a layout record defined 

UPDATE,  
IF(RRWK-DCN-NO,EQ,C'xxxxxxxxx'),
EDIT(RRWK-KEY-CLAIM-NO,EQ,C'some data value',C'some data value'),
EDIT(RRWK-CLM-NO,EQ,C'some data value',C'some data value'),
IF(RRWK-DCN-NO,EQ,C'yyyyyyy'),
EDIT(RRWK-KEY-CLAIM-NO,EQ,C'some data value',C'some data value'),
EDIT(RRWK-CLM-NO,EQ,C'some data value',C'some data value ')

With the update keyword, is this considered 3 statements or  7 statements?   and what is the limitation on the number of 
statements or keywords within a set of control cards 


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Derez Lusk Database Specialist, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
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[Yong Pak]

I don't think there is limit for control card entries.
UPDATE is commend. Not keyword.
https://docops.ca.com/ca-file-master-plus/11/en/using-batch/batch-reference-for-ca-file-master-plus/commands/update

IF and EDIT is keyword that can be use with UPDATE commend.
Your example, has single commend has 2 IF keyword statement and each IF keyword statement criteria met then process 2 EDIT keyword statements.

I am not sure what do you mean by 3 or 7 statements. In scope of UPDATE commend, this is single process per record read for update.

[Derez Lusk]

​Thank you  Yong Pak ,  for example  the number of  commands,  such as read, update ..etc or    keywords such as edit, if  etc.
that can be used within 1 instance. for example I may have 1 update command, but 40 edit statements

[Yong Pak]

That is correct.