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[systemz]

Hi all,

I am running syncsort in order to select records that have a certain date in column 80 (in a variable length record)

below is my INCLUDE card statement:

INCLUDE COND=(84,09,CH,EQ,X'020041115C')

the picture of this field is : PIC S9(09) COMP-3.


my job ends with CC=0 but my output file contains zero records.
The input file has the data that i need.

Can some one help me with this?

thanks

sys.

[systemz]

Mods,

as i was brosing this forum i found a solution for this
in this trhead

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=1090&highlight=comp3

thanks a lot

systemz

[Phantom]

systemz,

U need to change ur sort card as shown below. Pic S9(09) COMP-3 takes only 5 bytes so u should specify 84,5 and not 84,9.

Try this

[systemz]

thanks a lot phantom!!!


systemz

[kolusu]

Systemz,

A field defined as s9(09) comp-3 occupies only 5 bytes. For equivalent DFSORT formats for various COBOL data types, see the "What are the equivalent DFSORT formats for various COBOL data types?" Ask Professor Sort item at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/professor_sort/

I hope Frank wouldn't mind the link for a syncsort question.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

kolusu
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[systemz]

thanks

this is a nice little chart

very helpful!!

systemz

[Frank Yaeger]