RE: sequential file

I'm not sure that a DB2 file will do what you need; how about an IFS file?
You can use  the C functions read() and write() to build  your stream of
bytes from the DB2 file.  The archives at www.midrange.com will have
postings on IFS files and how to use C functions from RPG IV.  The same idea
will work in ILE Cobol.  A combination of CPYTOSTMF/CPYFRMSTMF might work,
too.  Copy it down as *FIXED then copy it back to a wider DB2 file...

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vishal Gupta 
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 5:18 AM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      sequential file
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have to make a sequential file in  output from an input which has 100 or
> 
> more records. By sequential file i mean that all the records gets appended
> 
> one after the another and final file should have only one record with all 
> the records in input appended one after the another .
> 
> Even cobol/400 or ILE cobol does not support the concept of line
> sequential 
> and sequential where as MF cobol does support.
> 
> Is there any way to do this on AS/400, Please suggest.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vishal.
> 
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