Frank Yaeger
DFSORT Developer
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 7129
Location: San Jose, CA
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The mandatory parameters for the SORT statement when sorting any type of data is p,m,f,s where p is the starting position, m is the length, f is the format and s is the order. For sorting packed decimal data, f would be PD, e.g.
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SORT FIELDS=(11,5,PD,A)
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If you're not familiar with DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL, I'd suggest reading through "z/OS DFSORT: Getting Started". It's an excellent tutorial, with lots of examples, that will show you how to use DFSORT, DFSORT's ICETOOL and DFSORT Symbols. You can access it online, along with all of the other DFSORT books, from:
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