Classification: Public I don't get that behaviour. What I see is the progress bar displayed when scrolling right the first time; after that ISPF presumably just uses the table it built to display the datasets. I've tried on both z/OS 2.3 and z/OS 2.4 and with SMS and non-SMS datasets, catalogued and uncataloged.
Andy Styles z/Series System Programmer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: 13 October 2020 16:36 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF dsn sort -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:17:48 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw <lennie-brads...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >I can use ISPF 3.4 to display a set of data sets. >If I scroll right then I am shown the space usage figures. >Scroll right again and I am shown the DSORG, RECFM, Lrecl and Blksize. > >If I now enter SORT DSORG I am presented with a progress bar and I am informed >that information is being collected to perform the sort. > >Given that the DSORG was already displayed, why does ISPF go and collect the >same information again? > I would guess that to display DSORG, it only collects info from the DSNAMEs that fit on your screen. In order to SORT DSORG, it has to collect the entire list before displaying Dana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Registered office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 10399850. Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth Limited. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 11722983. Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH has its registered office at Thurn-und-Taxis Platz 6, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The company is registered with the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 111650. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is supervised by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC218813. This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
