DFSORT converting numeric values TO=PD

pso0004 · New User Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Lisbon

Hi.

Can anyone help me. I'm generating a file B from a file A. In the file A i have a zoned decimal field with SIIIIIIIIIIT,TT that I want to convert to file B as an packed decimal. I'm using the following :

1,14,zd,to=pd

but the result does not convert the signal or decimal sign. I have tryed a mask but with no effect.

sril.krishy · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:52 pm

Hi,
Please put the details of the i/p file and the expected o/p.It will help us to post the complete JCL for you.

Thanks
Krishy

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:55 pm

SIIIIIIIIIIT,TT is NOT a ZD value because of the sign and decimal point. It's also 15 bytes, not 14 bytes. You need to use DFSORT's SFF format to handle this:

1,15,SFF,TO=PD

the result will be an 8-byte PD field.

For some more information on DFSORT's SFF format, see:

www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/beyond_sorting/online/srtmbfff.html