After completing RPG IV Programming: File Access and Record Manipulation, the user should be able to:

	Distinguish between sequential and random input file access
	Identify I/O errors
	Explain record-locking considerations in update procedures

Sequential Input Access

	READ
	SETLL
	SETGT
	READE
	READP and READPE

Random Input Access

	CHAIN
	KLIST and KFLD
	Partial key lists

Output Access

	Operations for output files
	Update files and I/O operations
	Record locking
	Opening and closing files

Handling I/O Errors

	I/O errors
	Example program 1
	Example program 2
	Example program 3

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice in RPG IV
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to RPG IV
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Experience as an AS/400 or iSeries end user
	RPG IV Programming: Introduction to RPG (RPGI01)
	RPG IV Programming: Getting Started with RPG (RPGI02)
	RPG IV Programming: Defining Data (RPGI03)
	RPG IV Programming: Arithmetic Operations (RPGI04)
	RPG IV Programming: Flow of Control (RPGI05)
	RPG IV Programming: Externally Described Files (RPGI06)

	RPG IV Programming: Interactive Applications (RPGI08)
	RPG IV Programming: Tables and Arrays (RPGI09)

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