Max

• Oct 17th, 2006

 

There are many ways to delete a sequential file.The followings are common ways.

1)use tso command: ' tso delete 'file name''.

2)use jcl and write a DD card for that file with disp=(old,delete,delete).

3)or just use a ISPF pannel to do it.

Chethan V K

• Oct 26th, 2006

 

Hi,

To delete a sequential file thru a COBOL program.. open the file in output mode and close the file immediately. All the records in the file will get deleted.

Thanks

Chethan

J.MERCY

• Nov 5th, 2006

 

RECORDS IN SEQUENTIAL FILE CANNOT BE DELETED.

Anil TG

• Dec 10th, 2006

 

y?...it wus right..it is posible to delete contents of a sequential file by opening it in output mode and closing immediately...all data will be truncated...

Guest

• Jan 12th, 2007

 

In cobol there is direct command for deleting records from sequential file.  We can follow the below steps and delete the records from  sequential file.  for example.

01  input-record.

   02 in-empcd    pic 9(5).

   02 in-name      pic x(20).

  02 in-trcd         pic 9(2).

vissusmarty.1986

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• Sep 20th, 2008

 

There are two ways to delete records in a sequential file
1. To move spaces to the records.
2. To rewrite the file with out moving the records which we want to delete from the file.