Howard If you have File-AID MVS then the comparison would be very simple, Whether online or Batch Using layouts, or not. You would be able to create the comparison in question.
You can indicate which fields/positions you want to compare on (in your case ignoring the date field), as well as an option on displaying all or some the compared data. You can also 'pretty' up the report (Hex, char, Formatted etc.) as well as printing the date field in question even though it was not used to compare against. If you have any questions feel free in contacting me Robert Galambos CIPP/C Compuware Senior Technical Specialist IBM Certified Database Associate IBM Certified DB2 9 for z/OS Database Administration Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1 905 886 7000 Toll Free: +1 800 263 7189 Fax: +1 905 886 7023 Quebec: +1 877-281-1888 The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. We make IT rock around the world ________________________________ "Service in every product..." Les renseignements contenus dans le présent message électronique sont confidentiels et concernent exclusivement le(s) destinataire(s) désigné(s). Il est strictement interdit de distribuer ou de copier ce message. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, veuillez répondre par courriel à l'expéditeur et effacer ou détruire toutes les copies du présent message. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Compare files - with different date fields I'd like to create a compare job that will compare two files. One file should have the current date (YYYYMMDD) in columns 72-79 of a 406 column record, but the other should have a different current date in the same format. My user would like to not just ignore these dates, but have something that shows him that the two files are identical, except one had 20080603 and the other had 20080602 (or whatever) for the dates. I'd just exclude those fields, and use TSO to exclude exceptions, but I'm not the user. Any simple solutions? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
