Re: Read w/o Record ID

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin,

 I'm not sure what you mean by "splitting them up."  A MFLF 
(multi-format LF) is a single object that defines the layout of each 
record type (or format), based on a select value in that record.  As 
before, with the single file, the key structure is generally the same 
for each format, although technically is doesn't have to be.  Also, if a 
key value doesn't apply to a particular format you can specify *OMIT.

 -mark

On 6/14/2018 1:09 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> For example, I have a PF where column 80 is a letter indicating the layout to use for that row.  There's something like 15 different letters.  Are you saying, create a LF splitting them up just to put them back together for the reads?
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> From: mlazarus [mailto:mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Justin.
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>    You can create a multi-format LF over the S/36 flat file.  Then you could use the INFDS to identify which format got read.
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>    -mark
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