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How do you retrieve a sequential file in random manner
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Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: April 30, 2008     Asked by: srinivas 
  
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April 30, 2008 05:15:09   #1  
guraddiv Member Since: April 2008   Contribution: 18    

RE: How do you retrieve a sequential file in random manner
for this u have 2 once again declare the record structure in working-storage section.
 
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