How to search for members in PDS

Bhagyashree Panigrahi · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Pune

I am tryig to write a jcl which will select the members in a PDS having String A and String B in it. I tried using SRCHFOR but it searches for members with the OR condition. That means if i provide the below code
//SYSIN DD *
SRCHFOR 'STRING A'
SRCHFOR 'STRING B'
/*
The member names that will be found are the ones having 'STRING A' or 'STRING B' or both. But i want to display member names which have only both the the strings('STRING A' and 'STRING B' )

Please provide a sample code for the same.

Ketan Varhade · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:05 pm

Do you want that the member should contains strings in the data or the string are the member name, if so then use 3.14 and run a batch job to search for the member.
COuld you please explain the requirement if this does not solve ur problem

Bhagyashree Panigrahi · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Pune

What I am trying to do here, is find the members of PDS which have both string A and string B in them. I do not want the members which have only String A or only String B.

Thanks,
Bhagyashree

expat · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:40 pm

Looks like it may be a two step job,

1) Find all members with string A
2) Find all members with string B
3) Compare the members and select only the same names.

Bhagyashree Panigrahi · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Pune

I have some 50 strings. I need to pick up all members having string A and atleast one of the other 49 strings in it. In logical way it would be (string A) AND (string B OR stringC OR stringD etc). how do I go about doing it?

Arun Raj · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:57 pm

Again, does n't it look like this?

1) Find all members with string A
2) Find all members with strings-B or C or D or E....
3) Compare the members and select only the same names.

Bhagyashree Panigrahi · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Pune

I did think of doing that. However, is there any way to do it in one step using SRCHFOR?

Thanks,
Bhagyashree

expat · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:37 pm

Terry Heinze · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:28 pm

If you have File-Aid, I think you can accomplish this in 1 step. It's been a while since I've done it and don't have mainframe access at this time.

Marso · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:41 pm

Just use:

Marso · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:47 pm

Ooops, this works only if the strings are on the same line!
If they can be anywhere in the member, you'll need multiple steps.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:56 pm

running the search with IDPFX,XREF

will make it easier to write a simple rexx to process the srchfor output

Marso · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:58 pm

Adding FINDALL to the PARM options will allow you to search for "STRING A" and "STRING B" in the members

mayanksoni4u · New User Joined: 08 Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Bangalore

Hi,

I am trying to search a member in PDS,currently I am doing this through FILE-AID batch program by giving following command in SYSIN:

$$DD01 LMODDIR MEMBER= "member name"

Since I have hundreds of member to search ,FILEAID is taking lot of time to do that.

Can someone please suggest any other quick method.

mayanksoni4u · New User Joined: 08 Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Bangalore

Also I tried searching same through 3.14 "SRCHFOR" option.Since all the members contains images It is taking more time than FILEAID.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:46 pm

Hello,

Possibly a re-design is in order if this is to be done more than rarely. . .?

Searching high volume will take time no matter how the data is searched.