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Thanks Buck! Looks scary, but I'll give it a try. >>> Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net 03/14/02 03:24PM >>> Ted Barry wrote: >I've never had to deal with this one >until now... Is it possible to select >and/or even update a file with multiple >record formats? Maybe. If you have packed numbers to update it gets harder - you'd probably have to write your own UDFs. Anyway, treat the record as a giant character string and "select" based on a substring. If your header records all have a "1" in column 123 then you can select the headers with select * from flatfile where substr(flatfile, 123, 1) = '1' You update the same way. Let's say you need to change that "1" to a "A" update flatfile set flatfile = substr(flatfile,1,122) concat "A" concat substr(flatfile,124,length_of_rest_of_record) where substr(flatfile,123,1)='1' Conceptually, you're building an entire new flat record composed of the first part of the record concatenated with the changed columns concatenated with the last part of the record. I only do this in extreme cases, like being on a system without a compiler. --buck _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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