Re: Combining Fields From Files Without COBOL Pgm?

docdwarf_at_panix.com
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: 14 Jul 2004 19:18:44 -0400

In article <40f5b950.269136318@news.optonline.net>,
Robert Wagner <robert.deletethis@wagner.net> wrote:
>docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
>
>>In article <40f55f44.246080484@news.optonline.net>,
>>Robert Wagner <robert.deletethis@wagner.net> wrote:
>
>>>Is this one-time or ongoing?
>>
>>>From the original posting:
>>
>>--begin quoted text:
>>
>>Writing a COBOL program to do this is none-too-difficult... but adding
>>another program to the jobstream (with associated move-to-Prod overhead)
>>is something I'd rather avoid.
>>
>>--end quoted text
>>
>>One-time situations, in my experience, rarely are moved to Production, Mr
>>Wagner; I thought that my mention of avoiding 'associated move-to-Prod
>>overhead' indicated that this would be an ongoing circumstance.
>
>Some shops require any program/script that processes production data to be run
>in Production, even if one-time.

I'll try to keep that in mind, Mr Wagner, when someone suggests I download
the data to a PC for slicing-and-dicing.

>
>>The 'tools outlined', Mr Wagner, were 'an IBM mainframe, MVS (or whatever
>>it is called nowadays)
>
>zOS.

Thanks much.

>
>>and standard utilities (e.g., SUPERC); utilities
>>available are DFSORT and MAXBAT (no FileAid)'... and COBOL. No DB2 here,
>>sadly.
>
>I LOVE SuperC. It can run in batch (PGM=ISRSUPC) as well as ISPF. Second
>attempt:
>
>1. Convince SuperC to create the output file you want.

I've tried flattery, wheedling and cajoleries, Mr Wagner, but SuperC does
not seem to respond well to any of those... oh, and it doesn't seem to
respond in the desired manner to any control statements I've been able to
code for it, either.

>
>2. Forget temporary/intermediate files. Change the program the reads the data to
>join the two files. Is a change easier to promote than a new program?

The program needs the data to be available in a VSAM KSDS for random reads
against SSN... and no, input data cannot be sorted in SSN order.

Thanks much!

DD