Gil, I had to look up "stable sort" as I hadn't heard the term. Yes that is what EQUALS does in both DFSort and Syncsort. FYI, I searched the Syncsort programmer's manual and it doesn't mention "stable sort" either. :-)
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Syncsort > DFsort migration On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:11:05 +0000, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > >EQUALS is the parm which comes into picture when your input has duplicates on >the key, and you want to retain the order of the duplicates. OPTION EQUALS >specifies whether the original sequence of records that collate identically >for a sort or a merge should be preserved from input to output. > Is this the behavior generally known in IT as a "stable" sort? I find no mention of stable sort in the DFSORT documentation. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
