Really two questions I guess. 1. We have variable length records with the data similar to COBOL 'OCCURS DEPENDING ON' clauses - a count of the number of segments to follow, followed by those segments. Is there a way to handle these in INREC/OUTREC/OUTFILE ? I already thought of using IFTHEN - if the count is at least 1, output data from 1st segment, if at least 2, output from first 2 segments, etc. but I don't see how to do that based on the count that's in the record....
2. Is there a way to describe such segments in DFSORT Symbols? I've been RTFM and PDFs but without enlightenment. It seems to me that it requires being able to specify the position field as a calculation rather than a constant (i.e. 'p' = base+ (seg_number_starting_from_0*seg_length+offset_to_field_in_segment)? This would also be of use for some SMF records I'd imagine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
