Explain abt Load utility

mvkumar22 · New User Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Chennai

Can anyone please explain to me about Load utility in Cobol with Sample code?

Regards,
Vijay

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Craq Giegerich · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:13 pm

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:30 pm

Are you attempting to dynamically LOAD an external module, such as a Static Assembler Table?

If your compiler version/release is COBOL/370 or greater (circa early 1990's), then review PROCEDURE POINTER.

PROCEDURE POINTER can be used as a substitute for a dynamically called Assembler sub-program which issues an MVS LOAD Macro.

However, PROCEDURE POINTER < C A N N O T > be used in CICS. Instead, use the CICS LOAD PROGRAM API.

HTH....

Regards,

Bill

dick scherrer · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:12 am

Hello Vijay,

As you have seen from the replies, your question is not clear.

If you explain what you actually need to do (rather than just mentioning LOAD and COBOL), we should be able to offer suggestions.

Some thoughts (including those above) - DB2 load, vsam load, load an array, load an executable, some other database load. . .

The more info you can provide, the better.

mvkumar22 · New User Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Chennai

Hi,
How to load from a flat file to table?

Thanx,
Vijay

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:50 am

Hello,

If you want to use COBOL to load data from a flat file to a table, write code to read the flat file, format the data apropriately, and INSERT rows into the table from the records read.

rag swain · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:15 pm

I hope this is regarding loading of table in COBOL not DB2. As Dick, suggests, you have to read the flat file and format/process data according to your need, then put those into tables in a loop using index for that table. But Before all these, don't forget to initialize the table.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:44 am

Hello,

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mvkumar22 · New User Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Chennai

Hi,
I would like to load data into DB2 table from a flat file using Load utility and not using INSERT. Plz send me sample code for uitility.......

Thanx in Advance
Vijay

ofer71 · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:36 pm

What's wrong with the fine manual? (Guess what, there are even examples in there...)

O.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:01 pm

Hello,

If you had more clearly posted your requirement days ago, you would already have your answer. Mentioning load and COBOL led most of us to believe you were working with COBOL. Now you mention that you don't want to use INSERT.

If you want to use db2's load, there are multiple examples n the DB2 forum.

I'll also move your topic to that forum as you will probably get more and better responses.

mvkumar22 · New User Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Chennai

Hi,
Thanq...........

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:02 pm

You're welcome

Have you been able to find an exaple that will work for you?