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Hi ,

Can anybody explain what is the difference in terms of functionality between CA-JOBTRAC & CA7/CA11.

Also when to use what.

Thanx in advance.
PRM

hi Kolusu,

it will find the first key depending on the algorithm. Once key is found you need to search manually up and down for all other duplicates.

but as we know the table automatically g ...

Hi Kolusu,

Yes , my question is if my table data has duplicate entries , then is it possible to find all the entries satisfying the condition using BINARY SEARCH of cobol.

Hi all,

When I am saying BINARY SEARCH...I am talking about BINARY SEARCH facility of COBOL ( SEARCH ALL ).

Hi ofer71,

thanks for the early reply.....

But my original question is still unanswered.....
Can we find all the occurences of a data in the table using BInary Search..

Hi All,

We all know that we can search for all the occurence of a condition in a table using LINEAR search by using following code :-

MOVE 'N' TO END-OF-TABL.
SET WS-IDX TO 1.
PERFORM U ...

Hi Kolusu,

Continuing with OPTIONAL option of SELECT clause, we can have OPTIONAL clause if a file is opened in INPUT / I-O / EXTEND mode and at the run time file gets created and also get deleted ...

Hi issac1029,

Before using a FILE-STATUS variable , there are 2 preconditions :-
a) The FILE-STATUS varibale must be made associated with corresponding file in ENVIRONMENT DIVISION using :
S ...

Thanks a lot Bill , the article does put my dillema to rest.

Hi all,

The question seems to be trivial , but at one place ASP is expanded as (Asymmetric Multiprocessing System) & in another place it is defined as (Attached Support Processor) and I am not ...

Hi Kolusu,

Thanks a lot for prompt reply.

I have couple of further questions.

a) Here is my SYSPUNCH content.
VER_DT POSITION( 176 )
D ...

Hi all,

I had downloaded a DB2 table( which contains a VARCHAR field) into a flat file.

Lets say the field in DB2 table whihc is defined as VARCHAR is ADDRESS.
Lets say I unloaded a single rec ...

Hi all,

We have a specific application( all set of jobs pertaining to this application ) , which has a SETUP in CA7 for Production region.

My requirement is to clone the exact CA7 setup of that ...

Hi Kolusu,

Yeah , I got your point .

Now , I clearly understood why it is preferable to use TRAILER option instead of SUM FIELDS.

Thanks a lot

hi hikernh,

here is another way of achieving the same goal.

//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORT ...