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cpuhawg
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I have an FB/80/27920 dataset:
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ABCDE 2007-12-15
DEFGH 2008-01-14
QRSTU 2008-08-06
IJKLM 2007-10-02
NOPQR 2008-06-18
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The date is in position 7 in a yyyy-mm-dd format
How would I write an INCLUDE statement to select records whose date is less than current date? |
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Ganesh.Deokar
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Try these control statements in your SYSIN:
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//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(1,10,CH,LT,DATE4)
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Ganesh.Deokar
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Hi,
I should have used INCLUDE COND=(7,10,CH,LT,DATE4) as the date starts in position 7.
Regards,
Ganesh |
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cpuhawg
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Thank you for your assistance. The solution worked perfectly.
Scott |
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Frank Yaeger
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Hmmm
Really, a better (more general) choice would be:
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INCLUDE COND=(7,10,CH,LT,DATE1(-))
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which generates a 10-byte 'yyyy-mm-dd' date.
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INCLUDE COND=(7,10,CH,LT,DATE4)
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will work for a yyyy-mm-dd date, but not for a date with any other separation character. DATE4 actually generates a 19-byte date in the form 'yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss'. 1,10 results in only using the first 10 bytes of that date. And there's no way to use another separation character with DATE4, so it wouldn't work for a 'yyyy.mm.dd' date, for example.
DATE1(-) generates a 10-byte date in the form 'yyyy-mm-dd. DATE(.) generates a 10-byte date in the form 'yyyy.mm.dd'. And so on. So DATE1(c) is really the more general choice and avoids the overhead of truncating the constant to the field length. |
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mkk157
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Hi Frank,
Here we are comparing the Dates in the file with the CURRENT DATE.
But In case IF we want to compare the date like 2007-06-15, then how will be the sort card. where do we need to store the date 2007-06-15.
and what is the case if the date is in YYMMDD and we want to compare these dates coming from the input file with the 2007-06-15 date format. |
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Frank Yaeger
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You say "where do we need to store the date 2007-06-15". Are you trying to avoid "storing" it in the INCLUDE statement as a constant?
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INCLUDE COND=(p,m,f,EQ,C'date')
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You could store it in a file as a DFSORT symbol:
MYDATE,'2007-06-15'
and use that symbol in the INCLUDE statement:
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//SYMNAMES DD DSN=...
...
//SYSIN DD *
INCLUDE COND=(p,m,f,EQ,MYDATE)
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or store just the date in a file, and use DFSORT to create a DFSORT symbol from that file (I've shown many examples of this).
If you want to compare it to a YYMMDD date, why wouldn't you "store" it as a YYMMDD date instead of as a 'YYYY-MM-DD' date? If you need to store it as a 'YYYY-MM-DD' date, you could use DFSORT to create a YYMMDD date from it.
If that doesn't help, please explain more clearly what is you want to do exactly. |
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Prabha
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| Can u pls explain how to store that date with code.. |
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Frank Yaeger
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| Can u pls explain how to store that date with code.. |
I don't know what you mean by this. |
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krisprems
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mkk157
Guess you are looking for this!!
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| INCLUDE COND=(7,10,CH,LT,C'2007-12-15') |
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