Re: can sql update a non database ascii text file in IFS

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

seems like a job for "sed" in QSH.

what is the companies position on shell scripts?

Bryan

Jim Franz wrote on 1/13/2020 11:20 AM:
> I need to update text files received for import (not a database file) in
> the IFS with only sql (the text files were generated weeks ago, cannot be
> regenerated, and a two byte column needs to be updated before processing if
> value = 99). I don't have an option to do an emergency release of program
> code to fix it (at least not easily), but I can execute sql script with a
> simple approval.
> Is such a thing possible?  It is many files (20 or so) and approx 100,000
> rows per file.
>
> psuedo code idea
>
>     update '/input/file1.txt'
>          set (substring,101,2) =
>              (select ordertype from OrdMaster om
>               where (substring,11,9) = om.OrderNbr)
>           where (substring,101,2) = '99'
>
> and the order number in substring,11,9 is a character string matching
> OrderNbr which is character.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim Franz