Re: COBOL400-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 105 -- COBOL400-L

One way would be to create the DDS for the file layout and compile it toa file with a different name as the one you are reading. Then useCopy-DD or Copy-DDS in your Working Storage section to define therecord. When you read the file just use Read Into<Record-Name-You-Defined-In-Working-Storage>.


-Chuck Landress

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Today's Topics:

  1. RE:  Applying a DDS (Kelly Cookson)
  2. RE:  Applying a DDS (Joe Folorunso)
  3. RE:  Applying a DDS (Joe Folorunso)
  4. RE:  Applying a DDS (Jack Welch)
  5. Re:  Applying a DDS (MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx)
  6. RE:  Applying a DDS (Kelly Cookson)
  7. RE:  Applying a DDS (Zangare Basil)
  8.  RE: COBOL400-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 103 (Adrienne McConnon)


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message: 1
date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:05:24 -0500
from: "Kelly Cookson" <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: [COBOL400-L] Applying a DDS

Do you just want to read records from the file in a COBOL program? I don't see 
why a COBOL file description (FD) would need a DDS. Shouldn't you be able to 
just create a COBOL file description (FD statement) with the necessary fields 
defined in the COBOL program regardless of the existence of a DDS?

Kelly

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From: cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Garcia, Luis
Sent: Fri 10/21/2005 6:20 PM
To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
Subject: [COBOL400-L] Applying a DDS



Is there a way to apply a DDS to a file created without the DDS? Or how can
I access that data?

I got a file that was created without a DDS, I have a DDS but I don't want
to write a program to read and write into another file, so I was wondering
if it was a faster way?

Thanks

Luis
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message: 2
date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:01:34 -0700 (PDT)
from: Joe Folorunso <jfolorunso@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: [COBOL400-L] Applying a DDS

Hello Kelly,

I have a project coming up very soon my resource are not within my reach is 
there any way I can get an ILE COBOL/400. Book.

Do you know of any better method of re-engineering or making the process 
faster. I am thinking using an embedded SQL400 will improve an old process. 
Thanks
Best Regards,
Joe Folorunso

Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Do you just want to read records from the file in a COBOL program? I don't see 
why a COBOL file description (FD) would need a DDS. Shouldn't you be able to 
just create a COBOL file description (FD statement) with the necessary fields 
defined in the COBOL program regardless of the existence of a DDS?

Kelly

________________________________

From: cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Garcia, Luis
Sent: Fri 10/21/2005 6:20 PM
To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
Subject: [COBOL400-L] Applying a DDS



Is there a way to apply a DDS to a file created without the DDS? Or how can
I access that data?

I got a file that was created without a DDS, I have a DDS but I don't want
to write a program to read and write into another file, so I was wondering
if it was a faster way?

Thanks

Luis
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