Administrative Information Services

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VISION:Results Workshop #6 Outline

CREATING AND USING OUTPUT FILES IN VISION:Results

I. File Concepts

A. The Need for Output Files
B. Advantages, Restrictions & Limitations
C. Advantages of Permanent Files

II. Blocking Factors

A. Calculating Blocking Factors & Block Size

III. Creating Output Files

A. Creating Temporary Output Files

1. Required Statements (PICNSAVE/BY)
2. Available Temp Files (TEMP1 through TEMP6)

B. Creating Permanent Output Files

1. Defining an Output File (FILE)

a. Record Format
b. Record Length
c. Block Size

2. Filling Output Records

a. MOVE (With Qualifiers)
b. MOVE CORRESPONDING

3. Writing Records to the File (WRITE)
4. Available Permanent Files (OUTAPE#/OUTDSK#)
5. JCL Symbolics

IV. Using Client Created Output Files as Input

A. Temporary Output Files as Input

1. USE TEMP#
2. READ TEMP#

B. Permanent Output Files as Input

1. FILE INDSK#/INTAPE#
2. READ INDSK#/INTAPE#

V. Workshop Exercise

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