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SASMAN, Your name implies you are a heavy user of SAS. I'm using SAS 8.0 on an IBM mainframe submiting batch SAS jobs. I have 2 input flat files that I want to do an SQL JOIN on 2 particular columns of data in each file. Can this be done using SAS on the mainframe? I found this code in the SAS...

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Jeff, Thanks for responding - I have tried this and it doesn't work. Not because it is coded wrong but there are a few things you need to know. One, I'm a COBOL programmer - I do not know SAS at all - I don't even know how to properly format the input and output fields in the SAS code. Second...

I have 2 files, one a 'driver' file and the other the data master file. I'm using SAS version 8.0 on a mainframe using the MVS operating system. I simply want to choose all the records from the master file (File 2) where a particular field matches ANY of the values in the driver file (File 1)...

I'm working with SAS version 8.2 on the mainframe and I'm trying to do a very simple extract of a subset of a data file. The input file is variable blocked, VB and so is the output file. I can't seem to get any output. The messages in the SASLOG say that all the records were read but no output...

Kurup, I'll tell you one of the best ways to learn IMS DB.I did this and I learned not only the basics but got into complex programming very quickly. There are books created by Mike Murach and Associates and are the best I've ever seen for all the major Mainframe skills. Go to...

Hello all, Thanks for the feedback. I have limited reference for BTS, which is Batch Terminal Simulator. I can't even figure out how to invoke this at our shop. Does anyone remember how they began the session? According to the reference material I have (Mike Murach's IMS book 2 for...

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to debug changes to a COBOL program that uses IMS/DC to communicate interactively with users? We don't have any single step software available for online programs like XPEDITER would be used for batch programs. This is old technology that has all but been...

MarcLodge: Thanks for the link - its looks interesting and I'll let everyone here know what I find. I do know that there are companies that have created (to various levels of success) COBOL converters to restructure the code. I worked on such a project in my earlier programming days but the...

Hello all... I need to know if someone out there has a good reference that outlines a method of converting some very old COBOL code to more structured code. I have the "fun" %-) task of converting code written circa 1968 and converting it to be more structured, keeping the same...

Thanks Crox for the link! It looks like this is a good one... Know of any good sites for SAS training that is free or relatively cheap?

If anyone knows Clist or Rexx, I'm looking for some help.