How to determine which GDG generation is being processed?

gskn4u · New User Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 25 Location: hyderabad

Hi

Can anyone tell me how to determine which generation is being process currently thru a cobol program.

Say i have a GDG base DPSDSNG.TEST.GDG which has 10 generations. i need to know the generation number of the current GDG file being processed.

Thanks,

expat · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

Why do you need to know this information ???

I am sure that this has already been asked and answered, please search.

gskn4u · New User Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 25 Location: hyderabad

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Start here:
http://ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=20412

As i mentioned in another of your topics - it will be more work.

I should also mention that the value of the creaton date in the code is extremely limited. If you know the generation, you can easily "look up" the creation date online for any given generation.