Can I use a close stmt on a sequential file in eztrieve?

keerthi kota · New User Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: hyderabad

Hi,

I am accessing a sequential file explicitly using a get stmt ( Not passing through job stmt) and upon some condition everytime I need to process the file from the begining. Please tell me how can I accomplish this? I could see in some docs a close stmt with syntax CLOSE FILENAME. But this is giving me syntax errors. It is not recognizing Close key word. Can I use Close for sequential files or is there any other way I can do this? I am not mentioning the file type any where. Not sure how to mention for sequential files.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:42 pm

Hello,

You probably do NOT need to close and re-open the file. This is especially true if you are trying to read one file and find matching records in another. The proper way to do this is a 2-file match/merge.

If you have some other requirement, please explain and someone may have a suggestion.

CICS Guy · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:01 pm

Devzee · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:20 am

In EZT you cannot do File OPEN or CLOSE

keerthi kota · New User Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: hyderabad

I didnt get what exactly it means by a 2 file match\merge. Please explain and by the way I read in some EZT DOCs only about closing of a file. I thought may be some newer version supports it. The version I have in my project may be doesn't

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Hi,

I don't use EZT but what's there in this

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:10 am

Hello,

If you explain your process, we can probably provide more usable suggestions.

To see an example of a 2-file match/merge, there is a "sticky" near the top of the COBOL section of the forum. Downlosd that text file, review it, and post any questions you have here.