That page is misleading thank you
> On Sep 14, 2020, at 1:10 PM, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:56:21 -0400 Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > :>I have a really stupid question in chapter 6 of the syncsort manual > invoking syncsort from a program on the second page of that chapter there is > listed DD statements for invoked sort merge. There is listed sortin as one of > the DD statements. If I am doing the reading then when does it have to be > called sortin > > It doesn't. > > In fact, the input data need not be read from a file. It can be data from > memory, a DB2 table, etc. > > :>> On Sep 14, 2020, at 12:47 PM, Binyamin Dissen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > :>> ?On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:29:54 -0400 Joseph Reichman > <[email protected]> > :>> wrote: > > :>> :>I have a VB file I’m trying to process > :>> :>I calling syncsort from a program and have a E15 exit > > :>> :>I’m running this all under test to get the kinks out > > :>> :>The first time The exit is invoke Register one > :>> :>At +0 is 0 meaning I am not selecting anything. I checked by include > and it looks right. I wondering about the record statement. I gave it coded > as such > > :>> :>RECORD TYPE=V,LENGTH=(31996,,,8) would this record control statement > get me every record on SORTIN > > :>> It would depend on how you are calling SORT, but if you pass an E15 > address > :>> SORT will not read SORTIN - you code is responsible for providing the > records. > :>> You must provide a record address with R15=12 until you are done > providing the > :>> input, in which case you pass R15=8. > > :>> Always best to read the manuals. > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
