Thanks Mike, the VLSCMP issue MIGHT explain why I get more in the report than I hoped for (but not quite). In any case, how about this twist to the problem - if I insert the following DFSORT step to generate a temporary file from the extract file and use that as input instead, it works!
OPTION COPY OUTFIL INCLUDE=(5,1,CH,EQ,C'X') Yes, correct! It's the same INCLUDE as in the main run! The world is going crazy. And even better (or worse) - SYNCSORT and its SYNCTOOL doesn't work either with the original JCL, and gives the following message: WER230A INREC FIELD OUTSIDE RANGE Staffan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
