Comments on: Can we change length of CSV File

By: deepu9321

deepu9321 — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:48:08 +0000

Actually I donot have a Source for this CSV file. its program described PF.

I have created the new file and copied the data.

Thanks,
Pradeep

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:43:02 +0000

If you are using a “program-described” PF to hold .CSV data, there is no way to increase the length. A new version must be created. Just rename the old one and create a new one with the original name and with the new length.

Copy any data that you need to retain.

There shouldn’t be any logicals to be concerned about.

Also, if this is really for .CSV data, it probably shouldn’t be in a PF. It should be in a streamfile somewhere under the /root file system. There wouldn’t be any issues with lengths in that case.

Tom

By: koohiisan

koohiisan — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:08:44 +0000

1) Copy current file to new temporary file
2) Change length of pf in source file
3) Delete logicals over pf
4) Recompile pf from source
5) Copy data from temporary file into newly compiled file using *MAP *DROP options
6) Recompile logicals you deleted earlier