I have a KSDS File.I hav a Records like 1,2,3,4,5,6,...100.
I want to read using Dynamic mode like from 10 th Record
onwards like, 10,12,14,16,18,....60.
Waht is the command for this.

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I have a KSDS File.I hav a Records like 1,2,3,4,5,6,...100. I want to read using Dynamic mode like ..

Answer / siva

By using START command
Example :

START filename
KEY is EQUAL TO keyname
[INVALID KEY ...........]
END-START


PERFORM UNTIL end-of-file
READ filename NEXT RECORD
AT END
SET end-of-file TO TRUE
END-READ
END-PERFORM

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I have a KSDS File.I hav a Records like 1,2,3,4,5,6,...100. I want to read using Dynamic mode like ..

Answer / ashok

im not very sure but i have 2 ideas, correct me if iam wrong

1. first , read the 10th record randomly , and from then
read squentially from 10th to 60th.........commands are
start and read next.

2. in jcl, use sort card to skip the first 10 records
sort fields = copy skiprec=9

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