Syncsort Syntax Error

Puspojit · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Pune

We have a job that executes everynight in QA and Production for over an year now. Last night, I see the job went down in QA due to a syntax error on one of the SORT steps. Here's the job log.

I retested it in Test region and it works fine but in QA, I get the below issue. Can anyone please advise?

superk · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:31 am

I don't believe that the decimal point is allowable in the ZD format, at least according to the product manual.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:50 am

If it fell over for the first time last night, then something was changed yesterday. Old job, old step, old Control Cards, or something changed.

A decimal point in an INCLUDE makes no sense, as SORT does not have any way of knowing decimal places, except fo rthe programmer coding it.

Puspojit · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Pune

On comparing the QA and Production job logs, I see Production is running against SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.3.2.1R but in QA , apparently, they upgraded to SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.4.1.0R last night.

In Production, decimal works fine but in QA(the new release)...it is running to issues. Maybe that explains why this issue was noticed in QA all on a sudden last night.

Looks like the new release is not compatible to the syntax that was working fine in older release ?? Or maybe there is still something that I am overlooking in the job logs......

thanks.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:38 am

Hello,

Suggest you call Syncsort Support and tell them what happened.

This is most likely something they are aware of.

FWIW - i tried your control statements on a z/OS 1.13 Syncsort 1.4 system and it failed just as yours.

Puspojit · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Pune

Thanks All...