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<DNieswiadomy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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As I remember, batch programs were a piece of cake --- change select
statements and a few other minor changes.

One problem area we did run into was that in straight VSAM, we had 
variable
length files - which were a big no-no to the iSeries --- so we had to
change them to fixed length at maximum occurrence.  Files and file formats
were definitely more "fun" than the code.

Dale,

You just hit a nerve. We have lots of VSAM, especially VSAM-managed SAM and 
they are almost all exclusively with variable length records! I have already 
tried FTP'ing one of our typical sequential files to the iSeries and I 
encountered the variable length record issue. So, if on VSE the file is 
defined as variable length, is it enough to change the file descriptor in 
the program to match the longest occurrence? Will it also require a 
reformat/rebuild of the file to have all fixed length records?


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