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mframes

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2004 2:55 pm
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what is the best method to pick the identical records from two files and writing them ( only the identical records) in a new file ?please give the sample program .
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:37 pm
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IBM sort utility can do that with this sysin :
Code:

sort fields=(st,end,ch)
sum fields=none
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:36 pm
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dear friends,
u r writing a program to read/write/rewrite records onto a file(seq-seq). u write 5 records(say),read them,also rewrite them, but if u again wanna add few more records without changing the coding how can u do friends?suppose if v give a seperate option as "APPEND PARA" --"DO U WANNA ADD RECORDS?" then how do the compiler know that ?
plz... respond me soooon.
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