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Hi,

Please let me know is there any possibility of deleting some records from a PS file(based on some conditions) via online screens.

Thank you for the example.
Actually under the sortin dd* you have specified some records.
The formats which I have described is the invoice from suppliers and we cannot tell wat will be present within STX-END and UNB-UNZ.
Please help

I have two formats of data in a PS file(One format starts with STX and ends with END and the other format starts with UNB and ends with UNZ) Each format can have any number of records. I want to remove the format starting with UNB and ending with UNZ(including all the records between UNB to UNZ whic...

Hi, My Input file's records look like this.... 2007,ABINGDON EXTRA ,,,,Compass,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2005/34, 2008,ABINGDON EXTRA ,,,,Compass,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2005/30, 2017,ADDLESTONE ,,,,Avenance,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2006/26, 2019,ALTRINCHAM EXTRA ,,,,Compass,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...

Redefines clause assigns same memory location for two different variables.
It can use the level name 01 - 49.
Redefines can use only the previous dataname.

ex:
01 a pic x(3).
01 b pic x(3) redefines a.

Here the same memory location is occupied by both a and b.

Hi, Bind Bind is a process which provides access path to the db2 tables.In other words it establishes a relationship between the application program and its relational data. Plan A plan is an executable module containing the access path logic produced by the DB2 optimizer. It can be composed of one ...

Hi, I am not getting what you mean by checking the end of comp-3 variable. comp-3 variables are represented in packed decimal format. for ex: 01 x pic 9(4) value 1234. internal representation: 0001 0010 0011 0100 value : 1 2 3 4 each digit takes half a byte. so 9(4) takes only 2 bytes.

Hi,

Refer to the link below it may be usefull to you.

http://www.geocities.com/srcsinc/drona/ ... pter8.html

Hi,

we call ps and pds(partitioned data set) as flat files since they dont have file manager.
vsam datasets (i.e) ksds,rrds,esds,lds have file manager.

In files we can run jcls but in datasets its not possible.

Hi pankaj,

The syntax to create temporary file looks like this

//ddname dd dsn=&&dsn,disp=(status,normal-disposition,abnormal-disposition)

refer to the link below it will be useful

www.geocities.com/srcsinc/drona/program ... pter6.html

Hi breentha, Data sets are cataloged when we give disposition as catlog. [ie.disp=(new,catlg)] So when we go to 3.4 option in ISPF menu and provide the Data set name(DSN) we will be able to view our dataset. In other hand if we dont give disposition as catlog then it will not be listed in 3.4 option...

Hi sumitra,

As per my knowledge,SAR report is simillar to seeing the results in spool.

//DDNAME DD SYSOUT=A,DCB=RECFM=FBA

This how the syntax looks.

Thanks,
vanithaa