STEP2

Access method services copies some of the records of the key-sequenced data set RPR.MYDATA into an entry-sequenced data set, ENTRY. STEP2's job control language statements:
  • INPUT DD identifies the key-sequenced cluster, RPR.MYDATA, that contains the source records.
  • OUTPUT DD identifies the entry-sequenced cluster, ENTRY, that the records are to be copied into.

    STEP2's REPRO command copies records from the source data set, RPR.MYDATA, to the target data set, ENTRY. Only those records with key values from DEAN to, and including, JOHNSON are copied.

    The parameters are:

  • INFILE points to the INPUT DD statement, which identifies the source key-sequenced data set.
  • OUTFILE points to the OUTPUT DD statement, which identifies the entry-sequenced data set into which the source records are to be copied.
  • FROMKEY and TOKEY specify the lower and upper key boundaries.

If ENTRY already contains records, VSAM merges the copied records with ENTRY's records. A subsequent job step could resume copying the records into ENTRY, beginning with the records with key greater than JOHNSON. If you subsequently copied records with key values less than DEAN into ENTRY, VSAM merges them with ENTRY's records.

Parent topic: Copy Records into a VSAM Data Set: Example 1