Re: DOW vs DOU - matching files

Rick Baird wrote:
> 
> Kahn, David wrote:
> >
> > Here's a standard problem in data processing. We need to match 2 files which
> > are read in ascending sequence by matching key and do not have duplicate
> > field names. We need to have processing for unmatched records from FILEA,
> ....
> 
> OOOOOhhhhhhhh Boy, am I gonna get flack for this......<G>
> 
> FFILEA   IP AE           K     DISK
> FFILEB   IS AE           K     DISK
> 
> IRECA      01
> I                                              KEYA1     M1
> I                                              KEYA2     M2
> IRECB      02
> I                                              KEYB1     M1
> I                                              KEYB2     M2
> 
>
> I know, it isn't a DOW.   Just thought I'd have a little fun.
> Also, this wouldn't work if both files were to be updated.  but a few
> minor changes and it could work.

Rick:

Once the user finds out you are using MR instead of DOW or DOU, they are
going to be extremely mad and wreck your computer system :-)  Never mind
the report looks identical.  I see the structured gurus readying ther
quiver...aim point shoot ..

-- 
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
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