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<DNieswiadomy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mailman.523.1156270400.5750.cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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