Higher(1) parameter in Icetool

Ensign · New User Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Spain

This is my first post, so I hope every rule is ok...

I'm working with Icetool in JCL and don't know what is that Higher thing...

what does it mean and which is its functionality?

//TOOLIN DD *
SELECT FROM(SORTIN) TO(SORTOUT) ON(47,13,CH) HIGHER(1)
/*

Thank you.

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:47 pm

The HIGHER(1) operand tells SELECT to keep just those records with ON values that occur more than once. This is equivalent to the ALLDUPS operand. You can use these operands to keep just those records with duplicate field values.

For complete details on the SELECT operator of DFSORT's ICETOOL, see:

publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ICE1CA30/6.11?DT=20080528171007