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inbasekarmani
Warnings : 2
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Joined: 20 Apr 2007
Posts: 13
Location: chennai
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dear all,
I opened one pds member and then i typed some contents,now when i type SORT in command line.it provides sorted output in ascending order.so i considered ASCENDING is default.
But when i tried the following code,its showing error.
for example:
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//jobcard
//step exec pgm=sort
//sysprint dd sysout=*
//sysout dd sysout=*
//sortin dd dsn=inputfile...,disp=shr
//sortout dd dsn=outputfile..,disp=shr
//sysin dd *
sort fields=(1,1,ch)
/*
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Note:i voluntarily removed "A" after "CH" in sort control statement.
May i know the reason for this...... |
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Frank Yaeger
DFSORT Developer
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 7129
Location: San Jose, CA
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The syntax for the DFSORT SORT FIELDS operand requires A or D (or E). There is no default. So you can specify:
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SORT FIELDS=(1,1,CH,A)
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SORT FIELDS=(1,1,A),FORMAT=CH
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SORT FORMAT=CH,FIELDS=(1,1,A)
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but you can't omit the A.
All of the DFSORT syntax is documented in "z/OS DFSORT Application Programming Guide" and you must abide by it or you will get errors. You can find all of the DFSORT books at:
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=114&uid=isg3T7000080 |
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Akatsukami
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Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Posts: 1788
Location: Bloomington, IL
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| I believe Inba is confusing the SORT primary command of ISPF Edit with DFSORT. Bottom line: they are different products developed by different people (although both for IBM), so there is no reason that they should have identical interfaces. |
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