Author: sergeyken
Subject: Re: Changing of LRECL of a file
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:29 am (GMT 5.5)
1) The term "merge" (especially in SORTing environment) has a different meaning; the MERGE operation is applied to the process of merging records from several pre-sorted datasets/files into one sorted output dataset/file.
What you need is described better via the term "concatenate", or "append" several records in one single resulting record.
2) The value of LRECL is an attribute of created dataset; it has a very little relation to the operation of records concatenation; you are likely talking about concatenated record size.
LRECL of a dataset can be changed even without record concatenation, and vice versa: record concatenation can be performed while leaving the dataset LRECL unchanged (especially with RECFM=VB, but RECFM=FB too).
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Subject: Re: Changing of LRECL of a file
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:29 am (GMT 5.5)
| abdulrafi wrote: |
| Can I merge my first 4 records to a single record with different LRECL ?. |
1) The term "merge" (especially in SORTing environment) has a different meaning; the MERGE operation is applied to the process of merging records from several pre-sorted datasets/files into one sorted output dataset/file.
What you need is described better via the term "concatenate", or "append" several records in one single resulting record.
2) The value of LRECL is an attribute of created dataset; it has a very little relation to the operation of records concatenation; you are likely talking about concatenated record size.
LRECL of a dataset can be changed even without record concatenation, and vice versa: record concatenation can be performed while leaving the dataset LRECL unchanged (especially with RECFM=VB, but RECFM=FB too).
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Tyrannosaurus-REXX