Job to update 1000 members in a PDS with same line of code

mustafaamani · New User Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 10 Location: chennai

Hi,
I have to update some 1000 members in a PDS with the same line of code. Can somebody suggest me how I can write a Job/JCL to update all the members at one go.
Your co-operation will be highly appreciated.

Mustafa Amani

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:46 am

Hi,

You need to explain your problem in a better manner - when you say update, does that mean

1. Appending "some fields" in start of the records starting from "position 1".
2. Appending "some fields" in last of the records starting from "position 1".
3. Appending "some fields" at some specific position.
4. or do you want to upadte some existing field- if yes what's the position of string to be changed. what needs to changed with what ?

Show some sample input & expected output.

superk · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:55 am

IEBUPDTE or IPOUPDTE will probably be what you need.

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:18 am

Hi,

you can also use FILEAID.

Gerry

expat · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:22 pm

And there are some examples of inserting / deleting lines using ISPF edit macros.

But until we actually know what you want to do, to answer your question is all guesswork.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:20 pm

Hello,

It will help us help you if you post 2 small sample members as they are before your process and what they should contain after your process runs.