Help needed in Icetool.

bijoybabu83 · New User Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Kerala

I have two files, Both 133 Bytes. I need to compate these two files.

1. Compate the two files FILE1 and FILE2 based on key on (9,45) of both files.

2. If a mathching key is found, then need to move a) 1 TO 88 of FILE1 to output file and then move 89,10 of FILE2 to output file.

Can anyone help me in writing an ice tool for this.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:46 pm

dejunzhu · Active User Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 390 Location: China

SPLICE function of ICETOOL can achieve the expecting result.

You can refer to DFSort manual for the usage of SPLICE.

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:59 pm

bbb,

Please show an example of the records in each input file (relevant fields only) and what you expect for output. Explain the "rules" for getting from input to output. Give the starting position, length and format of each relevant field. Give the RECFM and LRECL of the input files. If file1 can have duplicates within it, show that in your example. If file2 can have duplicates within it, show that in your example.

bijoybabu83 · New User Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Kerala

Thank you Dejhunzu and Frank Yeagar for your help.
I created an ICETOOL for this myself. It is working perfectly now.
Please see the code :-

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:24 pm

You should NOT use that type of concatenation with referback as it can run afoul of a system restriction that can cause records to be lost. Instead, it's better to use a one MOD temp data set like this:

bijoybabu83 · New User Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Kerala

Thank you so much franked. That worked.