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[pzmohanty]

hi all ,

I had following doubt,

If i had defined the DDNAME in JCL as following:--

//ddname1 dd dsn=xxxxxx,disp=shr
// dd dsn=yyyyyy,disp=shr
// dd dsn=zzzzzzz,disp=shr

& I had defined in my COBOL program following SELECT clause:--

SELECT IN-FILE ASSIGN TO DDNAME1

Now can I WRITE or REWRITE on IN-FILE.

Thanks in advance.
P.R.Mohanty
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Priya Ranjan Mohanty
Consultant
Kanbay Software (I) pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad

[pzmohanty]

hi all,

for more clarity of question let me tell u explicitly that DDNAME1 is a concatenated dataset of 3 datasets xxxxxx,yyyyyyy & zzzzzzz.

Keeping in view that DDNAME1 is a concatenated dataset , can we WRITE or REWRITE on dataset DDNAME1 thru COBOL program.
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Priya Ranjan Mohanty
Consultant
Kanbay Software (I) pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad

[kolusu]

Pzmohanty,

You can rewrite the record in a concatenated dataset. Once you concatenate, the PGM treats it as one single dataset. Just make sure that you open the file in I-O mode.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

kolusu
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Kolusu
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