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Copying data from VSAM to flatfile

 
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Ranjish
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:31 am    Post subject: Copying data from VSAM to flatfile Reply with quote
Hi,

Is there any way of copying data from a VSAM file to flat file using file-aid? I am able to do it using in FPRINT command, but it works only in formatted view.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ranjish,

If your aim is to just copy the contents of the vsam file to a falt file then you can use the following file-aid jcl

Code:

//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=FILEAID,REGION=6M                   
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*                                 
//SYSLIST  DD  SYSOUT=*                                 
//DD01     DD  DSN=YOUR INPUT VSAM FILE,
//             DISP=SHR                                 
//DD01O    DD  DSN=YOUR OUTOUT FLAT FILE,
//             DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
//             UNIT=SYSDA,
//             SPACE=(CYL,(X,Y),RLSE),
//             DCB=(LRECL=ZZZ,RECFM=AA,BLKSIZE=0)
//SYSIN    DD  *                                       
$$DD01 COPY PADCHAR=X'40'                               
/*                                                     


Alternatively you can use Sort also to copy the vsam file.

Code:

//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT                   
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*                                 
//SORTIN   DD  DSN=YOUR INPUT VSAM FILE,
//             DISP=SHR                                 
//SORTOUT  DD  DSN=YOUR OUTOUT FLAT FILE,
//             DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
//             UNIT=SYSDA,
//             SPACE=(CYL,(X,Y),RLSE),
//             DCB=(LRECL=ZZZ,RECFM=AA,BLKSIZE=0)
//SYSIN    DD  *                                       
  SORT FIELDS=COPY
/*                                                     


Hope this helps...

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kolusu,
A small question,,,among the above which one is the costliest job ?What I mean is which will consume more CPU and Excp count?

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
bprasanna,

File-Aid should be the So-Called Costliest job of the two. Sort consumes extremely less CPU & EXCP.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Kolusu for the solution

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