I have two files, one a flat file with RECFM=VB,LRECL=8004, one a VSAM KSDS
with RECORDSIZE(3000 26000) denoting variable length records for that KSDS.
However, when using that VSAM file as one side of a JOINKEYS operation,
SYNCSORT claims the KSDS is RECFM=F:
WER482I JNF2 STATISTICS
WER483B 32,780K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE, MAX REQUESTED,
WER483B 0 BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 996K BYTES USED
WER108I IN2 : RECFM=F ; LRECL= 26000; CISIZE = 28672
Listcat of the VSAM file shows it is, in fact, defined as variable:
ATTRIBUTES
KEYLEN----------------15 AVGLRECL------------3000
BUFSPACE-----------61440 CISIZE-------------28672
RKP--------------------1 MAXLRECL-----------26000
EXCPEXIT----------(NULL) CI/CA-----------------26
STRIPE-COUNT-----------1
ACT-DIC-TOKEN----X'40000009054005FE08FE0DFE0EFE0AFE0000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
SHROPTNS(2,3) SPEED UNIQUE NOERASE INDEXED
NOWRITECHK UNORDERED REUSE
NONSPANNED COMP-FORMT EXTENDED EXT-ADDR
How do I get SYNCSORT to recognize and treat this variable-length KSDS as
variable, just like the flat file which is my other JOINKEYS input?
Copying the VSAM to a flat RECFM=VB isn't a currently viable alternative due to
large file size and limited "test" disk space. Besides, I ought to be able to
process a variable length file as a variable length file no matter what the
actual file organization may be.
Peter
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