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I have Solved the problem with Yours help. 1. Added "A" to SSK4AYTX --------> DATA 145A 2. Replaced RPG with SETOF 99 *LOVAL SETLL SSK4AYP *IN99 DOWEQ*OFF ..... ..... Thank You For ALL Regards Çagatay At 12:07 23.09.1999 +0200, you wrote: >Joep, > >You're absolutely right on all points. It illustrates the folly of trying to >program describe a DS when an external description is available. > >I also thought that this would be a prime candidate for a cycle program. I'd >avoided saying that before because it upsets some people. :-) For the record >a fully working program using program described files to replace Çagatay's >40-odd lines is shown below. This should have the same effect as a straight >CPYF. > > FSSK4AYP IP F 115 DISK > FSSK4AYTXO F 115 DISK > * > ISSK4AYP NS 01 > I 1 115 REC > * > OSSK4AYTXD 01 > O REC 115 > >However... As Çagatay eventually wants to have the file on a PC, it might be >that he does need to unpack the fields. In this case CPYF would be no good >to him anyway. He could use the following DDS to define the output file, >resulting in a 145 byte record as in his program described DS (ignoring the >comments). > > R SSK4AYT > YIL 4S 0 > DONEM 1S 0 > SUBE 2S 0 > SKOD 1S 0 > ISKOLK 4S 0 > ISYNO 9S 0 > ILKOD 2S 0 > ILCKOD 2S 0 > TASNUM 2S 0 > ISKODU 1S 0 > BORTUR 1 > SAYFA 4S 0 > SIRA 2S 0 > SSICIL 13 > AD 18 > SAD 18 > BORGUN 3S 0 > KAZANC 10S 0 > K18 1 > IGT 4S 0 > ICT 4S 0 > SAYGUN 6S 0 > K18 1 > IGT 4S 0 > ICT 4S 0 > SAYGUN 6S 0 > SAYKAZ 12S 0 > GNGUNT 7S 0 > GNKAZT 14S 0 > >He would then need a program to read one and write the other. Our cycle >program now has externally described files. It needs a C spec but can >dispense with the O specs. > > FSSK4AYP IP E DISK > FSSK4AYTXO E DISK > * > ISSK4AYR > I BORTURU BORTUR > I GNGUNTOP GNGUNT > I GNKAZTOP GNKAZT > * > C WRITESSK4AYT > >But of course structured programming is superior so we shouldn't do it this >way. ;-) > >Dave Kahn >Johnson & Johnson International (Ethicon) France >Phone : +33 1 55 00 3180 >Email : dkahn1@jnjfr.jnj.com (work) > dkahn@cix.co.uk (home) > > >-----Message d'origine----- >De: Joep Beckeringh [mailto:joepb@tip.nl] >Date: 23 September 1999 01:46 >À: RPG400-L@midrange.com >Objet: Re: Copying file with *nochk > > >Çagatay, > >Apart from the bug noticed by Dave Kahn, causing an extra record in the >output file, there's two other things I noticed: > >1. In the DDS you don't specify whether the numeric fields should be zoned >or packed, so they default to packed. Yet, in the data structure that is >apparently meant for the output file, the numeric fields are defined as >zoned. That means a CPYF FMTOPT(*NOCHK) would never work (the output record >would have some garbage where the packed numbers where in the input file). > >2. The redefinition of your data as field DATA is commented out in the RPG. >This program would only write blank records to the output file. > >(Dave: No need for DOW/DOU wars here; typical case of primary file; no >C-specs needed at all). >+--- >| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- > +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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