TRANSFER Reference Manual

READ-PROFILE-REC
TISERV UOW Descriptions
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READ-PROFILE-REC Operation
READ-PROFILE-REC reads a user-maintained record from the depot Profile file and
returns the data portion of the record. Although the profile record header is not
returned, the record type and sequence number from this header are made available as
separate fields (REC-TYPE and REC-SEQ-NUM).
The UOW must start on a word boundary. Each response UOW consumes a whole
number of words of the IPC reply; thus, the TRANSFER delivery system automatically
includes a padding byte if the returned record is an odd number of bytes long.
The record is read from the depot (correspondent) identified by CORR-NAME, and is
selected in accordance with REC-TYPE, REC-SEQ- NUM, and APPROXIMATE-FLAG.
If the DEPOT-FLAG was set to indicate a system control record, the single copy of this
record in the system was read. The record is returned to the array named PROFILE-
DATA.
If approximate positioning is requested, a warning is returned specifying whether or
not the exactly matching record was found. The W-EOF warning is returned if the
requested record does not exist.