Merge two files with no join keys

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ttapada
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Merge two files with no join keys

Post by ttapada » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:22 pm

Good afternoon, everybody.

I have 2 files, that are the same structure, that are from different business days and that I compare so I identify changes.
I've done this with JOINKEYS and works fine.

For each I've identified, I'll have to create a record in a third file, that versions records by date.
Structure is:
FROM_DATE;TO_DATE; Business_data....

There's a 4th file, that contains processing date and previous business date.

What I want is to add dates from dates file (4th file I've mentioned) to all records I've identified in first step, so I can then append them to the 3rd file.

I hope I didn't make it to confusing..

Thanks in advance for all help you can provide.

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Post by Frank Yaeger » Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:34 am

I hope I didn't make it to confusing
It's confusing to me.

Are you using DFSORT or Syncsort?

Please show an example of the records in each input file (relevant fields only) and what you expect for output. Explain the "rules" for getting from input to output. Give the starting position, length and format of each relevant field. Give the RECFM and LRECL of the input files. If file1 can have duplicates within it, show that in your example. If file2 can have duplicates within it, show that in your example.

Show the JOINKEYS job you're using.
Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - yaeger@us.ibm.com
Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration
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