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Record format delivery

Postby Mehdi shri » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:01 pm

Dear friends.
I have a cobol source tha a part of it defines a record format like this:

    03 INPUT-TR01.
    05 TR-ID-NUMBER PIC X(12).
    05 TR-BIRTH-DAT-CMPLT.
    07 TR-BIRTH-DAT-CC PIC 9(2).
    07 TR-BIRTH-DAT PIC 9(6).
    05 TR-HOME-PHON PIC 9(12).
    05 TR-VALUE-ISSU-CAPTAL PIC S9(15)
    SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE.
    05 TR-RESID-STAT PIC X.
    05 TR-STAT-MAIL-CODE PIC X(2).
    05 TR-ISSUED-DATE-CMPLT.
    07 TR-ISSUED-DATE-CC PIC X(02).
    07 TR-ISSUED-DATE PIC X(06).
    05 TR-PARTNER-INF
    OCCURS 10 TIMES INDEXED BY INDX.
    10 TR-PARTNER-NO PIC 9(10).
    10 TR-PART-PERCENT PIC 9(2)V9(2).
    05 FILLER PIC X(234).

IS ther any utility or software to extract it from top down defenitin and provide a horizontal view for better understanding. (like SQL record fomat)
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Re: Record format delivery

Postby Robert Sample » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:06 pm

Does your site have FIle Aid (a Compuware product) installed? If so, you can browse the file with File Aid and tell it to use a copybook to interpret the layout. There are other products that can do this as well.
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Re: Record format delivery

Postby NicC » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:08 pm

Wow - I would think the format you show is better as it shows (or would show if you had used code tags) the levels of data by the indentation. SQL rows do not have these different levels ie columns do not have sub-columns.
The problem I have is that people can explain things quickly but I can only comprehend slowly.
Regards
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Re: Record format delivery

Postby Mehdi shri » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:21 pm

Thanks a lot
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Re: Record format delivery

Postby BillyBoyo » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:23 pm

I have no idea of what you mean. Can you give an example? Or try again to explain it in words? Or both would be best.
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