On 29 Jan 2008 10:10:46 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >John McKown wrote on 01/29/2008 09:46:53 AM: >> This is likely a strange question. But does anybody know of anything >> which can take a COBOL copy book (file defination) and create DFSORT >> symbols? Or maybe something that can post process a COBOL compile >> listing and create DFSORT symbols? >> >> What I would like is a way to __easily__ create a DFSORT step which can >> read an input file and do selection and reformatting so that the >> resulting output file is simply "printable" EBCDIC. This output file >> would then be ftp'ed to a Windows / Linux server which would use it to >> update a relational database. We don't have any relational database >> software on z/OS. I want to use symbols so that, hopefully, even a >> non-programmer could easily learn how to write such a "program". > >John, > >We have a Rexx in the "Smart DFSORT Tricks" document that can do what >you asked for. See "Create DFSORT Symbols from COBOL COPYs" at:
Or you could ship the file to an HP Unix system and use SYNCSORT with the COBOL copy book there. I found this out back in 2002. If this feature isn't yet available on IBM mainframe sorts, it shows how our outlook is cramped. > >http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/tricks/ > >Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Specialties: PARSE, JFY, SQZ, ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, Symbols, Migration > > => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
