Posted by Jim Guerber on August 24, 2006 at 11:53:36:
In Reply to: Re: CSV Files posted by steven hagen on August 24, 2006 at 10:18:21:
Now we are getting somewhere. We need to be thinking about syntax as well as semantics. In the case of
WRITEDELIM(1,0100) OPTIONS = @09@,Strip
we could write a delimited record to ANY file, but we must remember to code EACH write statement correctly.
In the case of
CREATE FILENAME$,D,Options = @09@,Strip
The system would be responsible for remembering the particulars about the file.
How about the intermediate case....
file(1) ctl=delim(@09@,Strip)
That temporarily sets the LUN (instance) of the file to be delimited etc.