Dave, DFSORT Joinkeys does not require the FORMAT of the key field as a binary match is done implicitly.
So change your control cards to the following(Just removed the CH on the Fields statement) JOINKEYS FILE=F1,FIELDS=(1,9,A),TYPE=F JOINKEYS FILE=F2,FIELDS=(6,9,A), INCLUDE=(6,9,CH,EQ,C'MCR02143I'),TYPE=V Further if you have any questions please let me know Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
