arps4u
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Joined: 03 Jun 2006
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Hi,
I've a tape dataset which is having alot many records.
I want to know the record count of this dataset.
I tried using ICETOOL & sorting, it works but taking hell lot of time.
Can anyone provide me with an easier & quick solution?
Kindly reply ASAP.
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Frank Yaeger
DFSORT Developer
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 7129
Location: San Jose, CA
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I tried using ICETOOL & sorting, it works but taking hell lot of time.
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You don't have to sort to get the record count. Copying instead of sorting would be faster. Try this DFSORT/ICETOOL job:
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//S1 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL
//TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//IN DD DSN=... input file
//TOOLIN DD *
COUNT FROM(IN)
/*
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The count will be printed in a message in TOOLMSG.
With this method, you're still reading all of the input records, but you're doing a copy instead of a sort and you're not writing any output records. |
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