RE: TEXT file doubt -- MIDRANGE-L

Maybe David could start a MIDRANGE-NEWBIE list. I'd subscribe and help
out. I'd rather answer those questions than the "We're moving off iSeries
and ..." type questions.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:47:33 +0800, "Saunders, Robin"
<robin.saunders@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi Paul,
> I agree with your comments, as these questions are obviously from someone
> who's not RTFM and is getting everyone on the list to do his
> investigation
> and development for him.
> Cheers
> Robin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:37 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: TEXT file doubt
> 
> 
> I don't want to ignite a war here, but with all due respect, the types of 
> questions Murali posts here are pretty elementary. Murali needs to get 
> some training at COMMON, at a tech conference, at his local community 
> college. He also needs to learn how to use Google. I Googled on FMTDTA
> and 
> got links to the answer he needs on the first page.
> 
> OK, I got that off my chest.
> 
> Paul Nelson
> Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> 708-670-6978  Cell
> pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> Well, this question makes me want to rant - against IBM. In looking for 
> the 
> Sort user's Guide, I see that there is not any reference to PDM in the 
> main 
> InfoCenter site for V5R2. Are you kidding, IBM? If you search on FMTDTA, 
> all you get are references to distributed data management.
> 
> At any rate, what you want is the Sort user's Guide (Who would know who's 
> not been around this machine very long? - Oy!) to get to it (the link is 
> below) means going to InfoCenter, to iSeries supplemental manuals. This 
> takes you to a different window. There you need to go to the V5R1 PDFs 
> link, where you can find the Sort manual, as well as the PDM guide.
> 
> The link is 
> <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0918260.pdf>. I 
> think you'd be best served by digging through that, as you have done with 
> other stuff. I can't help, as I've never actually used FMTDTA.
> 
> What's really stupid, in my mind, is that the Application Development 
> Manager manuals are still directly available in InfoCenter - and these 
> have 
> been officially terminated, right?
> 
> Egad!
> 
> HTH
> 
> Vern
> 
> At 05:20 AM 2/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Good Morning friends,
> >
> >I have the following command in my CL
> >
> >FMTDTA     INFILE((&FLIB/YCP05305)) +
> >
> >              OUTFILE(&FLIB/YWKCP53T) +
> >
> >              SRCFILE(YGSC/QDDSSRC) SRCMBR(YCP05310S) +
> >              OPTION(*NOPRT)
> >
> >
> >I know that some sorting is going on the infile
> >YCP05305  and producing the outfile YWKCP53T
> >based on the selection criteria written in the text
> >file YCP05310S.
> >when i saw this text file YCP05310S, i could see
> >following
> >  HSORTR    24A        3X  83 N N
> >  I
> >  FNC  10  17                       ACCOUNT
> >  FNC   4   5                       EXCH
> >  FNC   2   3                       FC
> >  FNC  25  26                       YEAR
> >  FNC  23  24                       MONTH
> >  FNC  58  58                       P/C
> >  FNC  39  43                       STRIKE
> >  FNC  76  77                       PROMPT DAY
> >  FDC   1  83
> >Can anyone let me know how the selection criteria is
> >happening here in the above text file(what is this
> >code doing), I could not understand. Also I have seen
> >some folks suggesting some time back some manual on
> >this textfiles to read.
> >I request you post it again  , Thanks so much for your
> >help! If more info is required plz ask me.
> 
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