RE: make cust file look like a journal record - format

That should be update€ CUST;

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monnier, Gary
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: make cust file look like a journal record - format

Joel,

All you have to do is write a program that reads then updates the file in question. An RPG program that just reads and updates the file might be faster than an SQL script.

dow (not %EOF(CUST));
read(E) CUST;
write(E) CUST;
enddo;

You don't have to change anything but by updating the record you force an entry to the journal where, you state, your program reads the journal changes. No change to your ETL are required.

Gary


> On 10/1/2012 11:19 AM, Stone, Joel wrote:

I have pgmA which reads cust journal changes and sends them off for > an ETL app.

I would also like to be able to send the entire cust file using the > same pgmA with no changes.

How can I make the cust record format look just like a journal > record (the format that DSPJRN creates).

For example:

Cust file format:

CustName 30
CustAddr 30
CustCity 20
-----
Total 80



I want this to look like a DSPJRN record so I can use the same pgmA > to load up all CUST records for an initial load.

Desired format:

Field Field
Text Name Type Length
Length of entry JOENTL S 5

---------------------|

Sequence number JOSEQN S 10
|
Journal Code JOCODE A 1
|
Entry Type JOENTT A 2
|
Date of entry: Job date f JODATE A 6
|
Time of entry: hour/minut JOTIME S 6
|---------- journal header fields
Name of Job JOJOB A 10
|
Name of User JOUSER A 10
|
Number of Job JONBR S 6
|
Name of Program JOPGM A 10
|
Name of Object JOOBJ A 10
----------------------|
.
.
.
Entry Specific Data - Var JOESD A 80
<--------------------------------- I want my CUST data here!!




Most of the journal fields can empty - but I want my CUST data to be > in JOESD. Can SQL or OPNQRYF do this?

I think I need to take fields JOENTL thru JOOBJ and initialize those.
Then take all CUST fields CUST.* and string them together (alpha,
packed, > zoned) into the one JOESD field.

Is this possible without using an HLL?

Thanks!

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