Try SYNCTOOL instead of ICETOOL. Don Imbriale
>-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Adrian H Auer-Hudson >Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:53 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Dropping duplicates. > >Thanks Frank, > >No DFSORT and NO ICETools here. DFSORT would have been great. Regular sort >will not work without a Sort or merge statement. > >The file characteristics are: > > Organization . . . : PS > Record format . . . : FB > Record length . . . : 320 > Block size . . . . : 27840 > >The first eighty bytes look like: > >0770753337300000D212300002005060000001435L062M79506 >MPC > >It fills 114 cylinders. > >Dups are identical records and they should not exist. > >Thanks again > >A. > > > *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

