How to insert a string/value into a VB file

Mohankalyan99 · New User Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Need help on how to insert a string/value into a VB file.
I'm using OUTREC FIELDS cmd to insert, but its giving error.

Here is my cmd

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:30 pm

Mohankalyan99 · New User Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Here is the Sysout of the error:

ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET COPY TECHNIQUE SELECTED
ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5740-SM1, DFSORT REL 14.0 - 10:31 ON MON JUN
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1:1,4,5:5,22,C'008002324930',38:27,549)
ICE201I 0 RECORD TYPE IS V - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 5
ICE126A 0 INCONSISTENT *OUTREC IFTHEN 0 REFORMATTING FIELD FOUND
ICE052I 3 END OF DFSORT

krisprems · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:41 am

Mohankalyan99

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:58 am

Mohankalyan99,

Krisprems is right. The problem is that your constant ends in output position 38, but you specified 38: for the next output position. The next output position should start at 39, but if you want the input positions from 27 to the end of the record to follow your constant, you should use 39:27 rather than 39:27,549. If you use 39:27,549 and you have any "short" input records, DFSORT will terminate. With 39:27 (no length) DFSORT will not terminate. So the correct OUTREC statement would be:

krisprems · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:03 am

thanks for correcting me frank,
i was not aware of DFSORT terminating because of SHORT input records:-(

Mohankalyan99 · New User Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

Did a small mistake..
After using 39 as output position, it worked.

Thanks for all who gave inputs to me.