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programerrpgle
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 Read all records.
COBOL 400
I have one pf file and i want to read all records in that pf file through the cobol, how i can read all records? plz explaine me with example.?

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cobol
ASKED: December 23, 2012  5:58 PM
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1. Open the required file.
2. Set End of file marker to False.
3. Process record by record in a loop until End of file marker is true
     Fetch first record
     If successful, enter into loop
Fetch data into required fields.
Process the data
Check if next record exists.
True: continue the loop
        false:  exit the loop
4. Close the file.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  December 28, 2012  10:05 pm  by  DeveloperMark   180 pts.
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Thanks for coming to ITKE. This seems like a homework question. What have you tried so far, and what problem are you having that we can help you with?

CharlieBrowne
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For examples, look in the Information Center first. The COBOL Programmers Guide has Examples of Processing DISK and DATABASE Files. This site would be used if you run into problems trying to make a program work. — Tom

TomLiotta
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