Comments on: how to create multiple record format in logical file?

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:05:05 +0000

and since you asked about query/400 – you’ll get one format at a time in query/400.

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:42:34 +0000

And since you are an SQL fan, you should know .. these don’t SQL.Phil

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:27:33 +0000

Think of your data as a spreadsheet with rows for each row of each file. Sort the spreadsheet on Column A. Can you “read” the first two lines and do the process you had in mind? What data from each field would you put in column A so a sort on it gets you data sets. Once you’ve resolved that, the first key then consider putting data from only one of the files in column b so that when you sort on A and B the data is properly grouped and ordered for your task. A and B represent your two keys.Phil

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:14:32 +0000

What was the error?

We can guess what it was, but you really need to tell us. I suspect that your keys don’t match between the record formats.

Why are you creating a mutli-format LF? That’s a very old and essentially obsolete feature.

Tom