Thanks! I knew there must be something. Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403
On 5/9/2011 at 3:23 PM, in message <offf5bd485.e13342b7-on8825788b.007544bd-8825788b.00757...@us.ibm.com>, Frank Yaeger <yae...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Frank Swarbuck on IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > wrote on 05/09/2011 02:09:40 PM: >> Given the following: >> >> //MERGESCF JOB ,'MERGE SCF',NOTIFY=&SYSUID >> //MERGE EXEC PGM=SORT >> //SORTIN01 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DAT1.CVSC.CVSSCF >> //SORTIN02 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DAT2.CVSC.CVSSCF >> //SORTOUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DVFJS.CVSC.CVSSCF >> //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* >> //SYSIN DD * >> MERGE FIELDS=(1,30,BI,A) >> SUM FIELDS=NONE >> /* >> >> Can I be guaranteed that if there a record with the same key in both >> SORTIN01 and SORTIN02 that SORTOUT will always get the record from >> SORTIN01 and not SORTIN02? > > You need to have EQUALS in effect to guarantee that. For example, add > the following to //SYSIN: > > OPTION EQUALS > > Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - yae...@us.ibm.com > Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration > > => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >>> The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
