Re: Populate a one-field file from a multi-field physical file

Okey, you have created a "flat file" with

CRTPF FILE(QGPL/XXXX) RCDLEN(1024)

The problems are that both the file name, the record name and the field
name has the same name (XXXX).

Here is som other code

felp500 if e disk
felp500out o f 2000 disk

d ds_det e ds extname(elp500)

d out ds 2000

/free
read elp500;
out = ds_det;
except record;
/end-free
oelp500out e record
o out




On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Florin Todor - YYZ Concord <
ftodor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Henrik, Erifam and Tommy,

Thank you for your suggestions. I was able to populate the string with the
info from the first file (except the packed fields but here I will try Tommy
or Erifam suggestions) but I cannot populate the flat file from the string;

When I try RecNameOfTheOneFieldFile = Result, I get the compile error:
"The types of the right and left hand side do not match in the EVAL
operation."

(Probably it is my fault that I wasn't clear enough: the second file I want
to populate is *also* a PF (created with CRTPF command) having one field
large enough to fir the entire record from the first file)

Code sample:

Felp500 if e k disk extfile('EDILIB/ELP500')
Fout211txt if a e disk rename(out211txt:outrec)
F prefix(f_)

D ds_det e DS extname(elp500:*input)
D result s 2000

/Free
Read ELP500 ds_det;
result = ds_det;
OUTREC = result; <--------- Compile error
write OUTREC;


Thank you


Florin Todor



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Subject: Re: Populate a one-field file from a multi-field physical file

fpxxdtbl if e k disk

d rec e ds extname(pxxdtbl)
d result s 2000a

result = rec;

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM, <erifam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Try this

Dammy A 2000
FieldA A 5 overlay(Dammy)
FiedB S 2 0 overlay(Dammy: *netx)
FieldC S 7 2 overlay(Dammy: *next)

..... and so on


eval Dammy = Your2000String

write tonewFile


2011/9/14 Florin Todor - YYZ Concord <ftodor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Hello all,



I have this situation: a physical file having, let's say, 50 fields and
another file having one-field of 2000 characters long; I would like to
move the entire record from the first file to the second one...

Obviously, this could be accomplished using %subst BIF but I could bet
100 bucks there is a better and simpler way (I've tried something with
data structures but I couldn't make it work).

Any suggestion would be appreciated.





Thank you





Florin Todor









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