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How to find the number of records in a flat file using COBOL ?

I tried in many ways, but it loops over again and again in the last record and reports me abend error.

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Last Update: November 05, 2008 Asked by: Bhuvaneswari Raman

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November 22, 2007 03:10:10

sai mainframes

Member Since: November 2007 Contribution: 13

RE: How to find the number of records in a flat file u...

HI BHUVANESWARI.....

ws-x pic 9(09).

open input-file.

perform read-para
until end-of-file.

display 'number of record in input-file : ' ws-x.

close input-file.

stop run.

read-para.

read input-file
at end move 'y' to ws-end-of-file

compute ws-x = ws-x + 1.

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November 22, 2007 03:12:16

sai mainframes

Member Since: November 2007 Contribution: 13

RE: How to find the number of records in a flat file u...

in above answer just give the condition

until ws-end-of-file = 'y'

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December 26, 2007 09:29:31

kishoremain

Member Since: July 2007 Contribution: 3

RE: How to find the number of records in a flat file using COBOL ?

The above answers are ok; i'm giving it in a simplified way: The complete program follows:
********************************************************************
ID DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. ABC.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
FILE-CONTROL.
       SELECT INFILE ASSIGN TO DD1
       ORGANIZATION IS SEQUENTIAL
       ACCESS MODE IS SEQUENTIAL
       FILE-STATUS IS FS1.
DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
FD INFILE.
01 INREC PIC X(80).
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
77 I   PIC 9(4).
77 EOF PIC X(3) VALUE 'NO'.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       OPEN INPUT INFILE.
       DISPLAY 'OPEN INFILE=' FS1.
       PERFORM UNTIL EOF = 'YES'
         READ INFILE
              AT END MOVE 'YES' TO EOF
              NOT AT END
              ADD 1 TO I
       END-PERFORM.
       DISPLAY 'THE NUMBER OF RECORDS IN THE FILE ARE =' I.
       CLOSE INFILE.
       DISPLAY 'CLOSE FILE=' FS1.
       STOP RUN.
*****************************************************************

The above program really works if you execute. Thanks.

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November 05, 2008 02:23:20

sivachennai

Member Since: November 2008 Contribution: 4

RE: How to find the number of records in a flat file using COBOL ?

In this code i am using cnt for finding the number of records.

0700-LOAD-UOM-FILE.
READ MPSF-item-FILE AT END

MOVE WSL-Y TO WSW-ITEM-FILE-SWT

MOVE WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT TO WS-UOM-ITEM-MAX

GO TO 0700-LOAD-UOM-FILE-EXIT.

ADD WSC-1 TO WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT.

IF WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT > WSC-100

MOVE WSE-ERROR-MSG TO USER-MSG-TEXT

ELSE

MOVE MPSR-OLDITEM TO WS-OLDITEM (WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT).
MOVE MPSR-NEWITEM TO WS-NEWITEM (WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT).

DISPLAY 'ITEM RECORD READ' WS-ITEM-TAB-CNT .

0700-LOAD-UOM-FILE-EXIT. EXIT.

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