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Leo Sanchez
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I have a .txt file that has data such as this:
'ZZ986'
'Z02-666-123'
'W61-666-55-5'
'T12-666-44-2'
'779003'
'779004'
'399077'
'899077'
'BPC68987'
'X900237-50'

And i do a file def as such:
APP FI MY_PRODS DISK /myrpt/data/myproducst.txt

How, can I read from this file?

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FOCdeveloper
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You need to create a simple one col MFD in order for it to read
Here this can help

http://forums.informationbuild...1057331/m/9757074026


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Alex
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Something like this should do the trick for you. You can make the filed size whatever you want.

FILE=MAS80,SUFFIX=FIX,$
SEGNAME=UNO,$
FIELD=DUMMY,,A80,A80,$


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