How to find whether a Flat file is empty or not without
Reading a file in COBOL Program. (not using JCL)
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Answer / abhijit saha
Without JCL & Cobol i have this Option.
Just Type 'I' in front of your Datset which gives you
Data Set Information
jst Check the Current Utilization part if it shows 0 it
menas file is empty..
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Answer / sandy
Opening a file will give a file status code of '0' and
not '10'. Only when reading, file status will be '10'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 11 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / renu
Open the file and check the file code. If it is '10', the file is empty. It is always better to check the file code after every open statement and handle the empty file condition.
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Answer / sharmila_g
IEBPTPCH is used to check empty dataset.. if it returns 4 the dataset is empty or if it returns 0 it is not empty.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / srini
You can do with IDCAMS. Use input as your file and output
is dummy file and have repro count(1) in sysin dd *, if the
file is empty, you will get condition code 4 otherwise you
will get cc '0'.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / vinodh
Goto ISPF 3.4, give the dataset name hit enter.
Press F11 until you see '%used', if its zero then the file
is empty. This will be useful if you want to validate many
GDG's for emptiness.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / amarnadh reddy
Hi,
Use 3.4 option,to see the flat file. After it display the
file is empty.
or
When the file reading, file status code is 23.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / anusha
Hope the dataset browse option (ISPF option) will tell
you 'DATASET is EMPTY' if no records in the file.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 8 No |
Answer / sroul4
Just write COUNT in front of the data set it will show thw
record count in it. 0 in this case.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 10 No |
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