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selvaraja
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Joined: 04 Apr 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Maryland
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Hi,
I have VSAM file with following KEY (COBOL Record Layout)
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FIELD
--------- FIELD LEVEL/NAME ---------- -PICTURE- -NUMBER START END LENGTH
XXXX-RECORD 1 10220 10220
2 XXXX-FIXED-AREA GROUP 1 1 1133 1133
3 XXXX-KEY GROUP 2 1 11 11
5 XXXX-V1 S999 3 1 2 2
5 XXXX-V2 S999 4 3 4 2
5 XXXX-V3 S9(13) 5 5 11 7 |
When I try to define it in EZSYTRIVE. It through the following error message.
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FILE XXXX VS
XXXX-RECORD 1 10220 A
XXXX-KEY 1 11 P
XXXX-ORG 1 2 P
XXXX-TYPE 3 2 P
XXXX-APPLICATION 5 7 P |
Error
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14 XXXX-KEY 1 11 P
EZTC0227E >>> $ must be from 1 to 10 |
Code'd
Please help me on this |
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Bill Woodger
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Joined: 09 Mar 2011
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Location: Inside the Matrix
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You can't have a 21-digit packed-decimal, which is what you have defined.
Your key is made up of three separate packed-decimal fields. You'll need to define them individually, as even if you had enough digits, there would be no point in creating what would be an invalid definition. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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Location: porcelain throne
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1 11 P
as Bill says: violates syntax.
defining 3 packed fields as one displays a total lack of understanding on your part of how data is stored in the computer.
you are lucky that 11 was the number of bytes involved,
otherwise had it been 10,
you would encounter many errors if you ever actually addressed the field
and that would have been your question.
address the 11 bytes as alpha, always
and never address multiple numeric fields as 1 numeric field. |
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