RE: Finding the right member in a MMF

>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:45:38 -0500
>From: Brad McDaniel <BMCDANIEL@ABSBC.ORG>
>
>I like the suggestions about using *PRT, and then copying the spooled file
>to a file for processing, but the MMF I'm trying to do a FNDSTRMBR on is a
>data file, not a source file, and *PRT is not allowed with a data file.  I
>got this message in the joblog:
>
>  2700 - FNDSTRPDM STRING('0000423987') FILE(ACHBTRNPF) MBR(*ALL)
>  OPTION(*PRT *NOPROMPT)
>Find string option *PRT is not allowed for data physical files.
>Error while processing the FNDSTRPDM command.
>
>Back to the drawing board...

Brad, here's how to get FNDSTRPDM to do what you want:
1. create a program that takes parameters (lib file mbr) and have
   it write this information to a file
3. create a PDM option, say CC, to call the program with parm &L &F &N
2. use FNDSTRPDM STRING('0000423987') FILE(ACHBTRNPF) MBR(*ALL) OPTION(CC)

PDM will call your program for each member that it finds matching the
string,
and when it's done, the file will have the member list.

A better (by a factor of a million) approach would be to forget about the
member list, and have the called program go ahead and process the member.
(If you really want a member list, get the called program to ALSO write
the members out to a file.)

Barbara Morris


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