File processing.

[MainStreet]

Dear All,

I'm new to Cobol and have only been using it for a couple of months. As a result I'm a little stuck and was hoping for a few pointers. My problem is this:

I have 2 files (just plain text files). I have set up FD sections in the File Section for these files and now want to check one file against the other. I want to check the files according to just one data-item (the primary key?)(which both files posess). The first file is correct and is the one which I will check the second file against. The second one has errors in its primary key and so I want to output these corrupt records to an error-file and the correct records to a no-error-file.

Has anyone got any ideas as to how I would go about doing this? Any little tips would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill.

 

[k5tm]

Believe it or not, this is a Frequently Asked Question. Read the response at:
faq209-1109

Your "first file" is the master file, and your "second file" is the transaction file.
Tom Morrison