I work for the IRS I have to search thru year 2020 data that’s 4,467 files 
about 240,000 records per file and a record length could be 10,000 bytes 
VB files 

> On Oct 7, 2020, at 1:03 PM, Sri h Kolusu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> Yes at this point but since the file is variable
>> I may need an exit to get the right spot at times to do a compare
> 
> Joseph,
> 
> You still haven't explained us as to what the real requirement is.  DFSORT
> can handle VB file with ease. Substring search will make sure you can
> search anywhere within the record.
> 
>> If these files are normally accessed by either COBOL or PL1, using a
>> COBOL or Pl1 program in batch to do what you need to do will be faster
>> to code.  Both languages have reference modification so variably
>> located fields can be easily dealt
> 
> Clark,
> 
> OP has different LRECL files and COBOL will not be able handle it, unless
> you code all the files have a common LRECL
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Kolusu
> 
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