Ed, > > In COBOL? Someone else showed an example of the offsets and it > wasn't simple either. I am not suggesting its impossible just a > little more than simple it isn't. IIRC it was not possible in > EASYTREV at least the version I had. SAS I know it can be done
It is dirt simple in Easytriev Plus. You just declare an index and set the index to the offset. > because that is what the perf. cap. people use. I have never been > able to get the hang of SAS, but that is just me. Assembler, of > course but for a quick and dirty that is probably not an option. > Almost any report writer it probably would be difficult as they tend > (IMO) not to be able to handle such records. I have little doubt you > can do it in rexx but how many people would be able to debug it (if > need be). > John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
