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bodatrinadh

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:55 pm
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Hi,

This is my sort code i'm trying to execute

SORT FIELDS=(16,7,CH,A,49,9,CH,A)
INCLUDE COND=(49,9,SS,EQ,C'000000008,000000028,000000040,
000000041,000000042,000000043,000000045,000000046,
000000053,000000055,000000056,000000057,000000059,000000060')

The error i'm getting is in attached doc.

Err Msg:- WER251A INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID SELF DEF TERM
Pls help me in resolving this...

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Is is so difficult to paste a screen in Notepad and copy it here between
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tags? It would have occupied about 200 bytes, not 92.5K and what's more most people here are far to sensible to download .DOC viruses.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 6:35 pm
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Please reread Prino's post, and then read it again, and again, until you understand what he is saying and then follow his instructions.

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Pls find the error msg below..
I checked the error code in preview mode, the asterisk (*) under C'000000008' is appearing under 'INCLUDE'. so i decided to share it in attachmate for better understanding.

Code:
SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS  1.4.0.0R
SYSIN :                                                             
  SORT FIELDS=(16,7,CH,A,49,9,CH,A)                                 
  INCLUDE COND=(49,9,SS,EQ,C'000000008,000000028,000000040,         
                             *                                       
  000000041,000000042,000000043,000000045,000000046,                 
  *                                                                 
  000000053,000000055,000000056,000000057,000000059,000000060')     
  *                                                                 
WER161B  ALTERNATE PARM USED                                         
WER251A  INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID SELF DEF TERM                         
WER275A  NO KEYWORDS FOUND ON CONTROL STATEMENT                     
WER275A  NO KEYWORDS FOUND ON CONTROL STATEMENT                     
WER211B  SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000                       
WER449I  SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE


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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:16 pm
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So what does the manual say about the error messages issued.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:17 pm
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It seems to me you made up your own syntax.

Additionaly, from the meager information you provided, the format of ss is not required.

So try this:
Code:

INCLUDE COND=(49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000008',OR,
              49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000028',OR,
              49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000040',OR,
               ..........
              49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000060')
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:11 pm
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I agree with Dave.

There are two forms of the SS condition, e.g:

  • Code:
    1,3,SS,EQ,C'ABC,DEF,GHI'


    In this form (character string length greater than field length), SS checks the field for each group of three characters. So first it checks the field for 'ABC', then 'BC,' and so on. The comma is not really a delimiter - it's just a way to separate the needed groups of 3 characters.

  • Code:
    1,80,SS,EQ,C'ABC,DEF,GHI'

    In this form (field length greater than character string length), SS checks for the complete string everywhere in the record. So first it checks 1-11 for 'ABC,DEF,GHI', then it checks 2-12 and so on. The comma is just a character - it's not a delimiter or group separator.

    This is the form you're using and explains why it didn't do what you thought it would. Other condition with the ORs, which Dave has shown, should do what you want.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:20 pm
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The Error Message is

WER251A INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID SELF DEF TERM

WER251A INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID yyyyyyyyyy

EXPLANATION: The invalid relational condition represented by
yyyyyyyyyy was found in the INCLUDE/OMIT/WHEN/BEGIN/END parameter
specification.

I was trying to replace the following sort card using Substring which i mentioned earlier.

Code:

  SORT FIELDS=(16,7,CH,A,49,9,CH,A)                                 
  INCLUDE COND=(49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000008',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000028',
   OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000040',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000041',OR,         
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000042',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000043',OR,           
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000045',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000046',OR,           
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000053',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000055',OR,           
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000056',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000057',OR,           
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000057',OR,49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000059',OR,           
   49,9,CH,EQ,C'000000060')


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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:50 pm
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If you have those many different values for the positions 49,9 - you've got to use ORs as you show. I don’t think so that there is some other way round to make your sort-card look rather elegant .

bodatrinadh - It's been more than 4 years now that you had been a member of this very Forum, please use BBcode Tags when you post some code or error message/s.
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PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2011 5:07 am
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Hi,

your syntax was incorrect, this should work if you want to use the SS parameter
Code:
SORT FIELDS=(16,7,CH,A,49,9,CH,A)                                     
             INCLUDE COND=(49,9,SS,EQ,C'000000008,000000028,000000040,C
                    000000041,000000042,000000043,000000045,000000046,C
                    000000053,000000055,000000056,000000057,000000059,C
                    000000060')                                       



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Anuj Dhawan

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Hi Gerry,

I try this, on the LPAR with SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.3.2.2R:
Code:
//STEP001  EXEC PGM=SORT         
//SORTIN DD *                     
1,SGL01      ,GBP     ,ACK       
1 ,SGL 01    ,GBPEUR  ,ACK1       
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*             
//SYSIN DD *                     
  OPTION COPY                     
  INCLUDE COND=(1,2,SS,EQ,C'GB,C 
                AC')             
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*             
//*                               
and get a U0016 with following messages in SYSOUT:
Code:
SYSIN :                                         
  OPTION COPY                                   
  INCLUDE COND=(1,2,SS,EQ,C'GB,C               
                            *                   
                AC')                           
                *                               
WER251A  INCLUDE/OMIT INVALID SELF DEF TERM     
WER275A  NO KEYWORDS FOUND ON CONTROL STATEMENT
WER211B  SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000   
WER449I  SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE   
Please assist.
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Syncsort manual wrote:
If the control statement does contain a literal string that would extend beyond column 71, place a continuation character in column 72 and begin the continuation of the literal string in column 16 of the next card image.
Anuj,

The sort card shown by bodatrinadh in his original post was perfectly fine except for the continuation which Gerry has corrected in his post above. The continuation character HAS to be at pos-72 and NOT as shown in your example.
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There is something to learn, for me, today. However, something I'm missing here - below are the two rcords in input and I need all the records from input to output which have GB or AC appearing somewehre in the entire record, so basically both the records should appear in output:
Quote:
1,SGL01 ,GBP ,ACK
1 ,SGL 01 ,GBPEUR ,ACK1
- tried this, got RC=0 but no output:
Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
//STEP001  EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SORTIN DD *                                                           
1,SGL01      ,GBP     ,ACK                                             
1 ,SGL 01    ,GBPEUR  ,ACK1                                             
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//SYSIN DD *                                                           
  OPTION COPY                                                           
  INCLUDE COND=(1,2,SS,EQ,C'GB,GB,AA,AB,CB,GK,MJ,FK,LK,KK,JJ,JL,DB,LB, C
                AC')                                                   
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//*                                                                     
and

Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
//STEP001  EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SORTIN DD *                                                           
1,SGL01      ,GBP     ,ACK                                             
1 ,SGL 01    ,GBPEUR  ,ACK1                                             
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//SYSIN DD *                                                           
  OPTION COPY                                                           
  INCLUDE COND=(1,2,SS,EQ,C'GB,                                        C
                AC')                                                   
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//*                                                                     
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PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2011 7:15 pm
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Hi Anuj,

You are searching ONLY in pos 1-2. Change it to 1,80,SS.
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Quote:
- tried this, got RC=0 but no output:

Anuj,
I don't have syncsort so pardon me if my suggestion is not relevant but it looks like you are searching for the "string" in the first 2 bytes and not the entire record. The card looks for search string in the first 2 byte and it doesn't find the string.

Should it not be like 1,80,SS...?

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bad day? icon_cry.gif
Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
//STEP001  EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SORTIN DD *                                                           
1,SGL01      ,GBP     ,ACK                                             
1 ,SGL 01    ,GBPEUR  ,ACK1                                             
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//SYSIN DD *                                                           
  OPTION COPY                                                           
  INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'GB,                                       C
                AC')                                                   
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//*                                                                     


SYSOUT:
Code:
SORTIN   : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=    80; BLKSIZE=    80           
SORTOUT  : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=    80; BLKSIZE=    80           
5,868K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE ABOVE THE 16MEG LINE,
   0 BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 156K BYTES USED                 
INSERT          0, DELETE          2                           
SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000                           
SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE                           
BSAM WAS USED FOR SORTIN                                       
BSAM WAS USED FOR SORTOUT                                     
RCD IN          2, OUT          0                             


Other one:
Code:
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
//STEP001  EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SORTIN DD *                                                           
1,SGL01      ,GBP     ,ACK                                             
1 ,SGL 01    ,GBPEUR  ,ACK1                                             
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//SYSIN DD *                                                           
  OPTION COPY                                                           
  INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'GB,GB,AA,AB,CB,GK,MJ,FK,LK,KK,JJ,JL,DB,LB,C
                AC')                                                   
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*                                                   
//*                                                                     

Code:
SORTIN   : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=    80; BLKSIZE=    80             
SORTOUT  : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=    80; BLKSIZE=    80             
5,868K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE ABOVE THE 16MEG LINE,   
   0 BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 156K BYTES USED                     
INSERT          0, DELETE          2                             
SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000                             
SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE                             
BSAM WAS USED FOR SORTIN                                         
BSAM WAS USED FOR SORTOUT                                         
RCD IN          2, OUT          0                                 
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Arun Raj wrote:
Syncsort manual wrote:
If the control statement does contain a literal string that would extend beyond column 71, place a continuation character in column 72 and begin the continuation of the literal string in column 16 of the next card image.
Hi Anuj,

Not so bad for me icon_smile.gif

Your continuation starts at pos-17 instead of 16.
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Hi,

I think the SS parameter has been misinterpreted.

In this example
Code:
INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'GB,GB,AA,AB,CB,GK,MJ,FK,LK,KK,JJ,JL,DB,LB


The search is for
Code:
'GB,GB,AA,AB,CB,GK,MJ,FK,LK,KK,JJ,JL,DB,LB'

as the length of the field to be tested is greater than the constant to be searched.

In Anuj's example you need this
Code:
 OPTION COPY                             
 INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'GB',OR,       
               1,80,SS,EQ,C'AA',OR,       
               1,80,SS,EQ,C'AB',OR,       
               1,80,SS,EQ,C'AC')         


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Gerry,

You're right. I missed that point here.
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