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ramanatcs
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A Cobol Program is writing data into output file, which is of 800 bytes length. which contains differrent fields like name, mailid, phonnumber, address, personal details, education etc., once the data written into the output file, how to identify the data belongs to particular field in the 800 bytes length of the record. |
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acevedo
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 344 Location: Spain
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don't you have startool, fileaid or file manager available in your shop? |
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Robert Sample
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Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 8696 Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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Use the COBOL data map to cross reference the fields -- not an easy thing to do but possible. |
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acevedo
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just curiosity...is it another interview question? |
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Anuj Dhawan
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 6250 Location: Mumbai, India
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Hi,
Createa a "COPYBOOK" for the output file & "Browse" the data through it. |
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ramanatcs
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Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Bangalore
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Hi All,
Thanks for ur replies....
I got the solution thru your explanations.....
Thanks once again |
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Anuj Dhawan
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 6250 Location: Mumbai, India
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Hi,
You are welcome.. .
ramanatcs wrote: |
I got the solution thru your explanations.....
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Please share the solution, you used, for the benefit of others.. |
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