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Delete Physical file member data (selected)

kcs — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:12:52 +0000

New Discussion Post by MuraliBabu

compare physical file

vibgyor — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:36:02 +0000

can any one tell me how to compare two phisical files in AS400? Can it be done thrugh some query statement?

AS/400 database

anupsshelke — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:25:00 +0000

which command is used to find out the total number of records in physical file?

i heard there are 4 ways…

1. dspfd
2. ??????
3. ??????
4. ??????

can you please share with me ?….

AS/400

mmohan393 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:37:08 +0000

New Answer by mmohan393

AS/400 COBOL

madhuchowdary — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:07:46 +0000

one physical file have 6 key fields,now i want to retrive the 10th record

based on one key field,how to retrive in cobol/400 with without using logical file

ex:- emp pf have 6 key fields,and emp have records,now i want to retrive particular record in emp(10 th record only),in my cobol pgm some times use 6 key fields and some time i want use only one key field with out using logical files

pls give replay with small example

AS400 COBOL one pf have one lf but key fields are different

madhuchowdary — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:30:39 +0000

i have one physical file,that pf have one logical file,but pf have 4 key fields,logical file have 2 key fields,now both(pf,lf) are using in cobol/400 code

SELECT pf-file ASSIGN TO DATABASE-pf1 [Br _extended=”true” />ACCESS IS dynamic[Br _extended=”true” />ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED [Br _extended=”true” />RECORD KEY IS EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY [Br _extended=”true” />FILE STATUS IS pf-STATUS. [Br _extended=”true” />[Br _extended=”true” />SELECT lf-file ASSIGN TO DATABASE-lf1 [Br _extended=”true” />ACCESS IS DYNAMIC [Br _extended=”true” />ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED [Br _extended=”true” />RECORD KEY IS EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY [Br _extended=”true” />FILE STATUS IS lf-STATUS. [Br _extended=”true” />[Br _extended=”true” />FD pf-file [Br _extended=”true” />LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD. [Br _extended=”true” />01 F4111LD-RECORD-SRC. [Br _extended=”true” />COPY DDS-ALL-FORMATS OF pf1. [Br _extended=”true” />[Br _extended=”true” />FD lf-file [Br _extended=”true” />LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD. [Br _extended=”true” />01 F4111LI-RECORD-SRC. [Br _extended=”true” />COPY DDS-ALL-FORMATS OF lf1.

but i got error in cobol/400 those fields are previouly defined

how to solve this

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Getting the number of deleted records from Physical file

ankit2002 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:18:42 +0000

My requiremnt is to get the number of deleted records from a physical file.

This will clear more.When we give DSPFD File name, at bottom we can see the number of records deleted from the so how to pull that field which consist of the value of number of deleted records

Programs using a PF

Rajasekhar15 — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:25:58 +0000

how can we see that what are all the programs that uses a single PF? is that possible to see it?

Physical File record length

Rajasekhar15 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:27:55 +0000

how to change PF record length?

What are the steps needs to be followed while removing Key Fields from PF.

Mohan K — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:43:54 +0000

Hi,
i have got a requirement to remove the Key Fields from the PF.
Can anybody please suggest what are all the sequence of steps i shd follow to incorporate this changes to avoid any issues in Production after change.
As per my knowledge below are the steps i am planning to follow, please confirm.
please note we are using IMPLEMENTER as Change Management Tool.
1. Checkout the PF from Production to Dev Library
2. Edit the DDS of the PF and Remove the Key Fields.
3. Find the dependent programs and make this file non keyed in F Spec
4. Promote the PF and Programs to production.
Please advice if any mistake in the above process.
Thanks,
Mohan