Date:         Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:02:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Jaydeep_Ghosh@PROGRESSIVE.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jaydeep_Ghosh@PROGRESSIVE.COM
Subject:      Reading/Writing XML data on mainframe
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Hello ,
I am trying to do the following on mainframe ( os/390 , Sas V8 )
- read a sequential dataset ( having xml code ) into a sas dataset
- alter some variables
- write the sas dataset to another dataset on the mainframe ( in XML format ) .

For this , I tried using : LIBNAME TEST XML 'dataset name' ;
This statement works , but I get other errors like

ERROR: OPEN is aborted for file TMVS860.XML.DATA1. Requested datatype is invalid
ERROR: XML describe error: .
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Should the dataset be in a specific format ? Presently it is FB , LRECL=80 .
 Can anyone provide me a sample code for this , or point me towards the relevant
documentation .

Thanks a lot in advance ,
Jaydeep .