NEGATIVE RECORDS PROCESSED

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:34 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: NEGATIVE RECORDS PROCESSED
> 
> On 6/29/2010 8:08 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> > I am clearing a real field in a file with 14,334 records.  When I run
the
> > process the records processed reaches 0 and then continues to -1660.
> >
> > This happens each time I clear this field.
> >
> > I have run free chain on the file.  There are no blank records in the
file.
> >
> > The process is run from index a.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestion as to why the output process would go
negative.
> 
> What, exactly, do you mean by "run from index A"?  What's the exact
command
> line.
> 
> Any chance that index A is built on the field that you're blanking out?

Yes, the last sort field is that field.

Richard