> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Yaeger > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sort Multiple Files in One Step > [snip] > > You beat me to it, John. The only thing I would add is that > you don't need to supply SORTWK DDs since ICETOOL automatically > enables DFSORT's dynamic work data set alllcation feature > (DYNALLOC). > > Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Specialties: PARSE, JFY, SQZ, ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, > Symbols, Migration
We actually have some cases where we do need the SORTWKnn datasets. We have a VSAM compression tool, BMC's Data Accelerator. When SORT looks at a file which is compressed with that product, it gets the actual size of the file on DASD. However, the product can compress the data on some files to only about 1/5 the size of the uncompressed data. So SORT tends to "blow up" on these particular files because the "real" size of the data is 5 times what it appears to be. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
