Duplicate Line # in RPG Source Code ?

[MFisher]

I came across an RPG Source member with duplicate Line numbers. If I browse the source, it looks OK, but if I view the source code on a split green screen, or via DBU or via SQL, it shows 4 lines of code all with the same line # 1276. How's that possible ?

[JonBoy]

The sequence number is just text - I guess there are a number of ways it could have happened. If the source was edited and the option to re-sequence on save was not taken then it would never get "fixed".

[Scott M]

While the typical code editors re-sequence the lines when saving there is nothing that enforces that. These are just tables and there is no unique constraint. Someone may have used a non-standard editor or maybe wrote a program (or sql statement) to edit or add some code, something that doesn't have the re-sequence process the standard editors have built in.