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roseann
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Hi,
i'm trying to append data from two HOLD files into one HOLD file, but having difficulty.
HOLD file 1:
column1 column2
a1 a2
b1 b2
HOLD file 2:
column1 column2
x1 x2
y1 y2

I am trying to get this result:
HOLD file:
column1 column2
a1 a2
b1 b2
x1 x2
y1 y2

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Posts: 6 | Registered: November 16, 2005Report This Post
<RickW>
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You can use the MORE command. Just make sure that the fields have the same format.
 
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susannah
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same format and same field names
TABLE FILE HOLD1
PRINT COLUMN1 COLUMN2
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLD3
MORE
FILE HOLD2
END
-*hold3 will now contain the concatenation

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roseann
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THANKS so much Susannah & Rick, it works. I appreciate your help.
 
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<JG>
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Using MORE is very popular but adds a step.

If you FILEDEF using (APPEND you can skip the MORE step and go straight to HOLD3.

FILEDEF HOLD3 DISK HOLD3.FTM (APPEND
-RUN
TABLE FILE SOURCE1
PRINT COLUMN1 COLUMN2
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLD3
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE SOURCE2
PRINT COLUMN1 COLUMN2
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLD3
END

The advantage is reduced resource requirements when dealing with large data volumes.

Also MORE is not supported (even in 7.1.1) when using ReportCaster. Sometimes it works othertimes it does not.
But officially It's not supported so FILEDEF (APPEND is the best option.

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Tony A
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Another downside to MORE is that the columns have to be the same in names, numbers and formats in all tables.
Whereas with JG's solution the columns only have to be the same in number and format, the names can be anything you want. The better solution imho.

T


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roseann
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Thank you so much for the additional info, JG and Tony. I appreciate it a lot. ~R
 
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