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How do you delete specific record using COBOL

i want delete one record from the file that is
50 th record how can we delete ...?

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Last Update: October 16, 2009 Asked by: raju_68

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Submitted by: vukoti1229

The file which we are using is VSAm file then we can go for Key mentioned ,
If it is a sequential file we have to read till the 49th record then needs to delete the 50th record, this is the main disadvantage with Sequential files.

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June 10, 2008 16:08:15

gande

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RE: How do you delete specific record using COBOL

DELETE file-name RECORD

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June 16, 2008 02:50:19

vukoti1229

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RE: How do you delete specific record using COBOL

The file which we are using is VSAm file then we can go for Key mentioned
If it is a sequential file we have to read till the 49th record then needs to delete the 50th record this is the main disadvantage with Sequential files.

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