Server Guide : Appendix B. CICS Smalltalk classes : REWRITE command
REWRITE command
Updates a record in a file on a local or a remote system. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the REWRITE command are contained in two classes: CICSRewrite and CICSRewriteResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of its parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSRewrite
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
FILE(filename)
file:
Input
Fixed(8)
 
FROM(data-area)
from:
Input
Variable
 
LENGTH(data-area)
length:
Input
Binary 16
 
SYSID(systemname)
sysid:
Input
Fixed(4)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSRewriteResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
Example
Rewrites a record in a KSDS file.
| recordRead result |
result := CICS read
file: 'KSDSF1';
keylength: 20;
ridfld: ('Record' abrPadWithBlanks: 20);
update;
exec.
recordRead := MyKsdsFile copyFromOSMemory: (result set).
recordRead city: 'UpdateCounty'.
result := CICS rewrite
file: 'KSDSF1';
from: recordRead;
length: 80;
exec.
Last modified date: 07/09/2019