ICETOOL (in Syncsort) to do Numeric Check

pjnithin · Active User Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 116

When I try to use icetool to do a numeric check teh job abends saying a syntax error.

The include condition I am using is INCLUDE COND=(25,10,FS,EQ,NUM) which I got from the sorttricks document. The error says NUM is invalid. Please let me know whether the NUM really works or I need to do something else for doing this check.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:54 am

Hello,

Please post all of your sort control statements as well as the all of the diagnostic info presented by the problem run.

pjnithin · Active User Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 116

The jcl is:

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:34 pm

Hello,

One problem with the syntax is that it is for DFSORT and your system is running Syncsort.

Try something like this (modified for your data positions):

Alissa Margulies · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:12 pm

pjnithin,

NUM is supported in SyncSort for z/OS 1.3. You are running an earlier release of the product. That is why you got the syntax error. Dick's solution is a good alternative for your release of SyncSort.