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Display duplicate fields command


Martin Cubitt
11.25.2001
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This is a tool that will compare two physical files and report common fields. This is useful when a program uses two files and you need to check which fields could potentially be overwritten in the program.

 
The format of the command is:

                   Display Duplicate Field Names (DSPDUPFD)            
                                                                       
Type choices, press Enter.                                             
                                                                       
File #1  . . . . . . . . . . . .   mscmp100      Name                  
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     v84flive    Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB  
File #2  . . . . . . . . . . . .   obcop100      Name                  
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     v84flive    Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB  
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *             *PRINT, *             

which would produce:

Line   ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5..
000001 Field ACTIV      exists in MSCMP100   and OBCOP100  
000002 Field CMPNO      exists in MSCMP100   and OBCOP100  
000003 Field PLTNO      exists in MSCMP100   and OBCOP100  
000004 Field CUSNO      exists in MSCMP100   and OBCOP100  


 
		
		Code: DSPDUPFD (CL)
/**************************************************************/   
/* Program: DSPDUPFD    MARTIN CUBITT - KEYMED LTD.           */   
/**************************************************************/   
             PGM        PARM(&F1 &F2 &OP)                          
                                                                   
             DCL        VAR(&F1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20)               
             DCL        VAR(&F2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20)               
             DCL        VAR(&IP) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)               
                                                                   
             DCL        VAR(&FN1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)              
             DCL        VAR(&FN2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)              
             DCL        VAR(&LN1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)              
             DCL        VAR(&LN2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)              
             DCL        VAR(&OP) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)               
             DCL        VAR(&OUTPUT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)           

             /* Extract names and libraries from parameters */    
             CHGVAR     VAR(&FN1) VALUE(%SST(&F1 1 10))           
             CHGVAR     VAR(&LN1) VALUE(%SST(&F1 11 10))          
             CHGVAR     VAR(&FN2) VALUE(%SST(&F2 1 10))           
             CHGVAR     VAR(&LN2) VALUE(%SST(&F2 11 10))          
             IF         COND(&OP = '*') THEN(CHGVAR VAR(&OUTPUT) +
                          VALUE('*DISPLAY'))                      
             IF         COND(&OP = '*PRINT') THEN(CHGVAR +        
                          VAR(&OUTPUT) VALUE('*PRINTER'))         
                                                                  
             DSPFFD     FILE(&LN1/&FN1) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) +        
                          OUTFILE(QTEMP/DSPFFD1)                  
             DSPFFD     FILE(&LN2/&FN2) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) +        
                          OUTFILE(QTEMP/DSPFFD2)                  
             RUNQRY     QRY(DSPDUPFDQ) OUTTYPE(&OUTPUT)           
                                                                  
             RETURN         
                            
             ENDPGM         

DSPDUPFD (CMD)
     /**************************************************************/  
     /* Command: DSPDUPFD - DISPLAY DUPLICATE FIELD NAMES          */  
     /* AuThOr: MARTIN CUBITT                                      */  
     /**************************************************************/  
             CMD        PROMPT('Display Duplicate Field Names')        
             PARM       KWD(FILE1) TYPE(Q1) MIN(1) PROMPT('File #1')   
             PARM       KWD(FILE2) TYPE(Q1) MIN(1) PROMPT('File #2')   
             PARM       KWD(OUTPUT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) RSTD(*YES) +   
                          DFT(*) VALUES(*PRINT *) MIN(0) +             
                          PROMPT('Output')                             
 Q1:         QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10)                            
             QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) SPCVAL((*LIBL + 
                          '*LIBL') (*CURLIB '*CURLIB')) +              
                          PROMPT('Library')                            


	

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