Dummy out input file in a sort step

sakthi_ksv · New User Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Chennai

My requirement is, to provide a empty input file to a sort step which is the first step in job with catalogued proc. First I coded like this.

SORTIN DD DUMMY

But the sort card used in this step sorts the input file based on a character in the input file. The sort card is

OMIT COND=(1,1,CH,EQ,C'9')
SORT FIELDS=(2,6,PD,A)
OUTFIL OUTREC=(1:2,6,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=9,71X)

So it throws the error as 'INVALID DATA SET ATTRIBUTES SPECIFIED SORTIN RECFM'.

Then I tried overriding the sort card, ie I commented out the the sort card and gave like this.

SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY

But in catalogued proc we cant use DD *. That is what the error I got when I executed the job with the sort card like this.

So what simple step can I give to get my requirement.

Sakthivel.

muthuvel · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:06 pm

If your requirement is just to create an empty output file without any abend/error by passing dummy input file,then here it is

In the JCL where you call the cataloged proc
override as(if stepname is R010)

muthuvel · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:10 pm

One more option is code DCB parameter for the DUMMY file

murmohk1 · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:22 pm

Muthu,

Did you try your resolution before posting it?

sakthi_ksv · New User Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Chennai

Thanks Muthuvel, It worked as per your second suggestion. that is my requirement too, that i should not modify the sort card. thanks a ton.

But I think we have to also give BLKSIZE parameter for the DUMMY DSN. becuase it gave me error saying INVALID DATASET ATTRIBUTE - BLKSIZE'

. After giving BLKSIZE it ran successfully.

Thanks once again for your timely help.

muthuvel · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:32 pm

It worked fine for me