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can we dynamically define the hold file inside a TABLE command so that when the report runs it will save each record in separate file with different user defined names

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No, you can't.


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Is there any other solution for below situation
i have a example situation like below

  TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE
ON TABLE HOLD AS BDY_TYPE FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE RETAIL_COST SALES
WHERE BODYTYPE IN FILE BDY_TYPE
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END
-RUN
-EXIT


and i would like to print retail_cost and sales for each bodytype in different files, and save it to disk. I know about PAGE-BREAK, but it creates report in same file different page, but i need the report to be in different file.


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You can use PUTDDREC - an oft overlooked function - to output records into a file from within a table request.

You MUST filedef the output files beforehand.

FILEDEF RCOST DISK OUT1.TXT
FILEDEF SALES DISK OUT2.TXT
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR
BY BODYTYPE
ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
ON TABLE SAVE AS BDYTYPE
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT COMPUTE RCOSTA/A12 = FTOA(RETAIL_COST, '(D7)', 'A12');
      COMPUTE SALESA/A12 = FTOA(SALES, '(D6)', 'A12');
      COMPUTE OUT1/I11 = PUTDDREC('RCOST', 5, RCOSTA, 12, OUT1);
      COMPUTE OUT2/I11 = PUTDDREC('SALES', 5, SALESA, 12, OUT2);
WHERE BODYTYPE IN FILE BDYTYPE
ON TABLE SAVE
END
-RUN
CMD TYPE OUT*.TXT

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unlucky PUTDDREC is not available in 5.2 version.


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Time to push for that upgrade? Especially as 5.2.5 is now relatively old - is it "functionally stabalised" yet?

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quote:
is it "functionally stabalised" yet?

Very. May 2007 to be exact.

The old fashioned way

 
TABLE FILE CAR
BY COUNTRY
ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
ON TABLE SAVE AS FILELIST
END
-RUN
-SET &LOOP=&LINES;
-REPEAT ENDLOOP &LOOP TIMES
-READ FILELIST NOCLOSE &COUNTRY.A10.
FILEDEF DEST DISK &COUNTRY.EVAL.FTM
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR 
PRINT DCOST  RCOST
BY COUNTRY
WHERE COUNTRY EQ '&COUNTRY'
ON TABLE SAVE AS DEST
END
-ENDLOOP
 
 
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I believe there should be some way out. It's a simple requirement.

"Table file" command itself would create the report in different file and store with different name, after all the "table file" can create all report in same file with PAGE-BREAK.

I am searching hard, will keep this discussion, updated.


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I'm a bit foggy on this but I seem to recollect using something like this in the past, with IN and the HOLD in brackets:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE
ON TABLE HOLD
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE RETAIL_COST SALES
WHERE BODYTYPE IN (HOLD)
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END


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CORRECTION!!

WHERE BODYTYPE IN (HOLD)

should be

WHERE BODYTYPE EQ (HOLD)

This produces:

BODYTYPE RETAIL_COST SALES
CONVERTIBLE 8,878 0
SEDAN 13,491 12000
SEDAN 17,850 20
SEDAN 3,139 43000
COUPE 31,500 0
SEDAN 3,339 35030
SEDAN 5,970 7800
HARDTOP 5,100 0
SEDAN 5,925 4800
ROADSTER 6,820 13000
COUPE 6,820 12400
SEDAN 5,940 8950
SEDAN 6,355 8900
SEDAN 9,097 14000
SEDAN 9,495 15600
SEDAN 13,752 14000
SEDAN 14,123 18940
SEDAN 5,610 0


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Why use HOLD when you can use SAVE

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE
ON TABLE SAVE
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT BODYTYPE RETAIL_COST SALES
WHERE BODYTYPE IN (SAVE)
OR
IF BODYTYPE EQ (SAVE)
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

WHERE BODYTYPE EQ (SAVE) will not work.
 
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Opaltosh,

Your logic is working fine when i am using only IF condition. When i am giving only WHERE condition, it is throwing error.

FIELDNAME OR COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENT NOT RECOGNIZED: HOLD

Could you please help me with the above error.


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That is because the syntax for WHERE is wrong in the example.

IF BODYTYPE IN (SAVE) is correct

WHERE syntax is

WHERE BODYTYPE IN FILE
 
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The below code also worked for me.
IF EID EQ (SAVE)

The WHERE clause you have mentioned in the above post would be in the format WHERE BODYTYPE IN FILE SAVE, this worked for me.

Thanks JG.


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My point was that using HOLD and WHERE is more complicated than using SAVE and IF.

Creating a HOLD file also creates a MAS file which is redundant. SAVE is all that is requred for this scenario.

And why use WHERE ... IN FILE SAVE
when IF ... EQ (SAVE) works.

KISS (keep it simple stupid)
 
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