SPOOL: how to spool a table into many files

Question

I have a question here.
currently i am trying to figure out how to spool out a table having like 4 columns and several rows; let say 6 rows - into 6 different files.
usually what happens is by using spool, i get one file with all 6 rows in it. is there a way so that I can have 6 different files?
thx!

Answer 1

It is called a control break - something that was standard in many Cobol program in the 80's, but since seems have been lost in the mist of time.
Pseudo code:
loop
fetch cur into buffer;
exit when cur%notfound;
rowCnt := rowCnt + 1;
if rowCnt > MAX_ROWS_PER_FILE then -- the control break
CloseFile( filevar );
fileNum := fileNum + 1;
rowCnt := 1;
OpenFile( filevar, 'MY_SPOOL_'||TRIM(TO_CHAR(fileNum))||'.txt' );
end if;
WriteRowToFile( filevar, buffer );
end loop;Of course, the 1st file needs to be opened and the last file closed too - that is not reflected in this basic example of a control break.