Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

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Yes, it can be done, a little faster than Robert is alluding :-) What do you want to put in those two bytes? Do you want separate counts, or a count of records changed? Actually, separate counts are easy (divide total number of records by seven for the first and 10 for the second). There's even a f...

Thanks. I have used VTOF and VFILL.

We are using DFSORT. I would like to add 2 bytes to the record length. I did not think about 70th record while posting but appending both values, 4 bytes, will be fine.

Hi, For a Fixed-block file, if I need to append two different constant number to records, at the end; can I do that? For example, if my input file has say 20K records. Can I append a constant number of two digits at the end of every 7th and 10th records. I also want to count them, is it possible? If...

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I have a VB file which I need to change to FB file. In input file, when the record length is shorter than the LRECL of output then I want to fill the record with a '#'. Can you please guide me how can I do this?

Thanks Enrico, this is a great help and example. Really appreciate your help.

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Thanks Robert. Can DCOLLECT output be read with REXX? I'll try that.

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How can I create,read and update file dynamically through a COBOL program? Can someone please guide me with a step by step method?

Can we allocate any type of file, dynamically?

Hi, Can anyone tell me what is DSNDB06 and DSNDB07? what I read is that - DSNDB06 is DB2 catalog database and DSNDB07 is a work file database but contains no permanent data, and can be deleted and redefined with the new qualifier. But is this only what they are for? Or can there be more use of them?

Hi, Is there any way using which without recalling a migrated data-set we can get the "last reference date" of a migrated dataset? I tried using LISTCAT, using this I'm getting only the Creation & Expiration dates. I need to know if this can be done using REXX as well, but not sure if ...

Excellent, Thanks for your time Robert. This is a great help.

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Thanks Robert. As you indicated about the formula, I look back and see that this might be correct: RECSZ= 5 + AIXKL + (n x BCKL). Where AIXKL is the alternate-key length. (See the KEYS parameter.) BCKL is the base cluster's prime-key length. n=1 when the UNIQUEKEY parameter is specified. n is equal ...

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