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Hi All,

My below sort control card working fine for the FB files but for the VB file it throwing max cc 16.



Below is the error message I am getting

when working with VB files You should remember that all the fields positions for the moves are 4 bytes off ( RDW )

I move the four bytes for all those fields which I giving as input in the outrec field.
But still it giving the same rc

Hello,

In continuation to what Mr. Sorichetti has already stated, you should look at the diagnostic messages more closely, they are there for a purpose.

For example:
The first message that DFSORT populated for you: ICE201I gives you an immediate answer to your problem statement - since your dataset is of format - Variable, hence the data is starting from position '5'. Which would mean, that if you have a field starting at position '1', now it changes to '5' (an increase of 4 bytes for every field) and so on; this has already been discussed in an earlier post of yours. Since you didn't adhere to this rule you got an ICE251A, which is basically telling you to account for the 4 bytes of RDW.

arya_starc wrote:..... Below is the error message I am getting

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ICE201I 0 RECORD TYPE IS V - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 5                          
....
ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET     TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL                                    
ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET     COPY  TECHNIQUE SELECTED                                
....
ICE251A 0 MISSING RDW OR DATA FOR *OUTREC : REASON CODE 03, IFTHEN 0            
... 

Refer the manuals, search the internet for the error messages if you don't know which manual to refer (as shown earlier), IBM has some really detailed and well-documented manuals; if you're just starting out, self-learning will take you a long way, instead of quick solutions.

Hope this helps.

Edit: The field starting at 16th byte changes to 20 and so on. Can you share the updated SORT card that is failing?

Missed adding: If you are writing data to an FB dataset (which you very positively are), look at VTOF in DFSORT programming guide.

Note that nothing on the mainframe "throws" anything - nless it is an operator sitting on top of it who throws his sandwich wrapper into the waste bin. Software gives errors, fails, abends etc but not "throws".

Aki88 wrote:
Edit: The field starting at 16th byte changes to 20 and so on. Can you share the updated SORT card that is failing?

Hi Aki88,

I updated the sort control card but again got the same RC.


previously using SORT FIELDS=(1,6,ZD,A).. now changes to SORT FIELDS=(5,6,ZD,A)
and so on in outrec fields.

NicC wrote:Note that nothing on the mainframe "throws" anything - nless it is an operator sitting on top of it who throws his sandwich wrapper into the waste bin. Software gives errors, fails, abends etc but not "throws".

Yes Nicc..!!!
i keep on note of that in next posts.

You missed my last note:

Aki88 wrote:Missed adding: If you are writing data to an FB dataset (which you very positively are), look at VTOF in DFSORT programming guide.

Why do you need OUTREC when you are already using OUTFIL; use the functionality of BUILD to build your records. Add a VTOF to OUTFIL statement else your output dataset will be VB in format and you WILL have to account for the 4 bytes of RDW.

<Missed EDIT time, hence a new post; Moderators request you to merge this post to the last one>

Here is a tweaked, tested SORT card.
Aside, you might want to add additional filters though as the data might not look satisfactory depending on what you're trying to extract: