WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE

WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS
ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR LRECL OF FIXED
ONE AS 80 AND 2ND RECORD AS 132. WHAT WE NEED TO DECLEAR
LRECL FOR THOSE 2 FILES IN JCL?

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WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR..

Answer / narayan

For Fixed block LRECL=8
and for Variable block LRECL=136 (132+4)

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WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR..

Answer / jagan

Narayan - A small correction LRECL for fixed - 80 and LRECL
for Variable block records is 132+4 = 136 .

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WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR..

Answer / nag(igate)

i think , for variable block we add only 2 bytes extra not
4 bytes

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WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR..

Answer / guest

80 and 132

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