Hi,
I have data in a flat file from which I have to remove 2 columns of packed decimal first column starts at position 41 and is of length 8 and the second column begins at position 57 and is of length 8.
What should be done in order to delete these 2 columns.
Delete a column from a file
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You can use DFSORT's BUILD to remove columns. For example, if your input file has RECFM=FB and LRECL=80, you can use a DFSORT job like this:
If you're not familiar with DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL, I'd suggest reading through "z/OS DFSORT: Getting Started". It's an excellent tutorial, with lots of examples, that will show you how to use DFSORT, DFSORT's ICETOOL and DFSORT Symbols. You can access it online, along with all of the other DFSORT books, from:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss? ... g3T7000080
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//S1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD DSN=... input file (FB/80)
//SORTOUT DD DSN=... output file (FB/64)
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION COPY
INREC BUILD=(1,40,49,8,65,16)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss? ... g3T7000080
Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - yaeger@us.ibm.com
Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration
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Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration
=> DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort
I tried the following variation and it worked fine.
Thanks
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//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1,40,
49,8,
65,212)
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