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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:19 pm
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I have an input file having an LRECL= 12029
and my output LRECL=8.I used an INREC to reformat my input file

Code:

SORT FIELDS=(7,4,CH,A,26,4,CH,A)   
INREC FIELDS=(1:7,4,5:26,4)
SUM FIELDS=NONE           
END


But i am getting the error
WER027A :
"CONTROL FIELD BEYOND RECORD"

A search with the above error code retrieved the following info.
Explanation: The location of the last byte of a SORT/MERGE control field is
beyond the maximum record length that you specified, or a variable length record is
shorter than the ending location of a specified control field.



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:27 pm
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Hello,

Please look at the last part of page 2 of this topic. It may have the info you need.

http://ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=18206&start=15

Just let us know if there are questions after you read this.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:20 pm
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Hi dick,

Thanks for ur immediate response.I tried using the VLTEST parameter, but i am getting some other error.My requirement is like this.

Input file format
Code:
01  INPUT-REC.                                   
    05  WS-RGDS.                                     
        10 WS-GROUP1.                             
            15 WS-ID1            PIC S9(9) COMP-3.
            15 CW-ID2            PIC X.           
        10 WS-GROUP2.                               
            15 WS-SDC            PIC 9(04).       
            15 WS-STYLE          PIC 9(09).       
    05  WS-SEQ                   PIC 9(02).       
    05  WS-NBR                   PIC 9(04).       
    05  WS-CDC                   PIC 9(04).       
    05  WS-STO           OCCURS 3000 TIMES       
                             INDEXED BY  WS-INX.     
        10  WS-STO               PIC 9(4).


I need the output file in this format without duplicates:
Code:
01  OUTPUT-REC.
    05  WS-SDC                  PIC 9(04).
    05  WS-CDC                  PIC 9(04).   
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:12 am
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Hi

I tried with the same card except for INREC, I gave OUTREC and it worked fine !!..Could anybody plz explain what was wrong with the INREC.

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Frank Yaeger

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:44 am
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I don't usually answer Syncsort questions, but this is really more of a general question so I will.

INREC is processed before SORT. OUTREC is procesed after SORT.

Your INREC statement creates an 8-byte record. So you get the error message when your SORT statement uses 26,4 which is beyond the 8-byte record.

But with OUTREC, you SORT on the input record and then create the 8-byte output record so you don't get an error message.
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:19 pm
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Hi Frank

Thank u so much.

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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:25 pm
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Hi

I have read somewhere that INREC is better than OUTREC while considering performance as we wont be sorting unwanted fields.Is it possible to use INREC in this scenario?..

Correct me if I am wrong

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:46 pm
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Arun,

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I have read somewhere that INREC is better than OUTREC while considering performance as we wont be sorting unwanted fields.Is it possible to use INREC in this scenario?..


It depends. As Frank said - "INREC is processed before SORT. OUTREC is procesed after SORT."

If you are not sorting the file (i.e., when you use sort fields=copy), perfomance of both INREC and OUTREC is similar.
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:41 pm
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Hi Murali,

Thanks for ur reply. I need a SORT as well as a format change.So it is not possible to use INREC to format the input before the SORT in my requirement..right??

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:48 pm
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Arun,

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So it is not possible to use INREC to format the input before the SORT in my requirement..right??


Not exactly. Assume your IP file is 80 in length and you wanted your OP file to be 85 (say you wanted some data from 81 to 85) and wanted to sort on 1-10 columns. Even in this situation, you could use either INREC/OUTREC.

If you use INREC, SORT sees your IP file 85. Whereas if you use OUTREC sort sees your IP file as 80 in lenght. As Frank mentioned -

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INREC is processed before SORT. OUTREC is procesed after SORT.
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Arun Raj

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:51 pm
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Hi Murali,
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So it is not possible to use INREC to format the input before the SORT in my requirement..right??

I understood the difference between INREC and OUTREC.What I said was I wont be able to use INREC in my case.If it is possible then could you please post the sort card here..

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Frank Yaeger

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:28 pm
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Yes, you can use INREC in this case. You just have to sort on the reformatted record like this:

Code:

  INREC FIELDS=(1:7,4,5:26,4)
  SORT FIELDS=(1,4,CH,A,5,4,CH,A)
  SUM FIELDS=NONE
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:48 am
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If your file has a variable block then you can end up with this error. Do let us know if it worked fine with the sortcard Frank mentioned.
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Frank Yaeger

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:57 am
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If the input file was VB, then the RDW would be missing from the INREC statement and I would expect a different error - at least DFSORT would give a different error. (This is why I generally don't answer Syncsort questions - because I have to guess what Syncsort would do as opposed to knowing what DFSORT would do.)
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:00 pm
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Hi Frank

Thank u so much.Mine is a FB record.I ll check it and get back to you later as I am out of office this weekend.

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