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Rijit
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I have 2 flat files FILEA & FILEB
In FILEA --> records have unique employee number field stored in a comp format ( actually FILEA has been downloaded from a DB2 table and the employee column in the table was an integer)..so the extracted data is binary..
In FILEB --> records have the unique employee number field stored in PD format.
My objective is to read FILEB sequentially and extract the data from FILEA by matching the employee field. But I am not sure how to proceed as the data formats are varying in both the files for the employee number. So how do I compare?
I have planned to write a COBOL code..But can anyone suggest a better way of doing such a task may be using JCL/SORT? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Whether COBOL or some utility (i.e. sort) is the better choice depends on the complete requirement. . .
If you use COBOL, sort both files on the employee number (BI for comp and PD for comp-3) and match/merge the files (there is tested sample code in a "sticky" near the top of the cobol part of the forum).
To compare the fields simply use an IF:
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IF COMP-FLD = COMP3-FLD |
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Rijit
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Dick, I found the program. Thanks! If I am not wrong, in the COBOL program the following line does the comparison between the records of the 2 files:
IF COMP-CAPP = COMP-ELIG GO TO 100-CAP-ELIG-MATCH.
But here you both the fields COMP-ELIG & COMP-CAPP have the same datatype PIC 9(9). So the comparson is a straightforward one. In my case the scenario is quite similar except the dataypes of the 2 fields are different (Lets asume COMP-CAPP is COMP & COMP-ELIG is a PD field). How will this be handled in the COBOL program. Will direct comparison work?
Also I was thinking if I could load the second Input file COMP-ELG into a VSAM with key as CER-PROV. becoz I have huge number of records to process..
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Craq Giegerich
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But here you both the fields COMP-ELIG & COMP-CAPP have the same datatype PIC 9(9). So the comparson is a straightforward one. In my case the scenario is quite similar except the dataypes of the 2 fields are different (Lets asume COMP-CAPP is COMP & COMP-ELIG is a PD field). How will this be handled in the COBOL program. Will direct comparison work?
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Rijit
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| I may look a bit foolish but can you please elaborate! I don't know what you are refereing to by RTFM Craq. |
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Traveler
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| Think about the problem a little. If you are in COBOL you can created two fields that are both used for the comparison. Define these two fields as smiple fields pic s9(9) , the move will translate the data into display format , you could even go a step furthur and redefine the fields as pic x(9) and use the pic x for the comparison. So that you do a char to char compare. |
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Robert Sample
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Will direct comparison work?
RTFM |
There is a link to manuals at the top of this page. Click on it, find the COBOL manuals for your version of COBOL, and start reading. If you read long enough, you will find out much about how COBOL will automatically convert numeric data from one format to another for comparison in an IF statement. Let me repeat Craq's comment for emphasis -- your level of expertise in COBOL is appallingly low for somebody attempting to write code in it:
Read The Freaking Manual
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Craq Giegerich
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| Rijit wrote: |
| I may look a bit foolish but can you please elaborate! I don't know what you are refereing to by RTFM Craq. |
YOU CAN DIRECTLY COMPARE A COMP-3 FIELD AND A COMP FIELD WITH NO PROBLEM! Just read the COBOL manual. |
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Rijit
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| dick scherrer wrote: |
Hello,
Whether COBOL or some utility (i.e. sort) is the better choice depends on the complete requirement. . .
If you use COBOL, sort both files on the employee number (BI for comp and PD for comp-3) and match/merge the files (there is tested sample code in a "sticky" near the top of the cobol part of the forum).
To compare the fields simply use an IF:
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IF COMP-FLD = COMP3-FLD |
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I would like to know if the direct comparison will work in the cobol or we should go for a redefine/move as stated by Traveler. |
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Rijit
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| Craq Giegerich wrote: |
| Rijit wrote: |
| I may look a bit foolish but can you please elaborate! I don't know what you are refereing to by RTFM Craq. |
YOU CAN DIRECTLY COMPARE A COMP-3 FIELD AND A COMP FIELD WITH NO PROBLEM! Just read the COBOL manual. |
Thanks for right advise, may be I need to get into my boots and revisit the COBOL manual..  |
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Oh,
Whew. I feel better now. |
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Robert Sample
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From the manual:
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6.1.6.4 Relation conditions
A relation condition specifies the comparison of two operands. The relational operator that joins the two operands specifies the type of comparison. The relation condition is true if the specified relation exists between the two operands; the relation condition is false if the specified relation does not exist.
Comparisons are defined for the following:
* Two operands of class alphabetic
* Two operands of class alphanumeric
* Two operands of class DBCS
* Two operands of class national
* Two operands of class numeric
* Two operands of different classes where each operand is one of the classes alphabetic, alphanumeric, or national
* Two operands where one is a numeric integer and the other is class alphanumeric or national |
Notice that you can compare two numeric variables (or a numeric variable and a numeric literal) -- no matter how the numeric variable is defined. |
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Rijit
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| Thank you Robert for the details.. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Hopefully, you realize that the details Robert provided are a direct quote from the manual that people advised you to read. . . |
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Kjeld
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| Phrzby Phil wrote: |
Oh,
Whew. I feel better now. |
Substitute other F-words at your own discretion...  |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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| Read the Fine Manual. |
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Kjeld
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| Read The Fabulous Manual |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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| Kjeld wrote: |
| Read The Fabulous Manual |
Kjeld, even I tend not to be that sarcastic. |
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Kjeld
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OK, you're right, only a few manuals would really qualify for that adjective.
On the other hand, some manuals or at least parts of them have become rather famous (another f-word  ), and indispensable to developers. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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Kjeld,
you are being tooooooooo serious.
but, following up on your comment, most REDBOOKs I would put in the Fabulous category. |
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