Write a program to concert an Indexed file into Sequential
file?



Write a program to concert an Indexed file into Sequential file? ..

Answer / ajay ahuja

Program:

1. Define sequential file of same record size as of Indexed
file. say "WS-SEQ-FILE-RECORD".

2. Open Indexed file in INPUT mode and Sequential file in
output mode.

3. Read Indexed file into "WS-SEQ-FILE-RECORD".

4. Write into Sequential file. Continue Step 3 thru 4 until
end of Indexed file.


JCL:

Use Utility = IDCAMS,
//DD1 DD DSN=INDEXED.FILE.NAME
//DD2 DD DSN=SEQUENTIAL.FILE.NAME
// SYSIN DD *
REPRO INFILE(DD1) OUTFILE(DD2)
/*
//

I Hope this will help you !!!!

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