> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 12:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SORT JCL > > >Thanks a lot Kolsu.. It worked. Thanks! > > Now that this has finally been put to bed, the length of the thread > illustrates > vividly the issue I have with using DF/SORT. > It has grown (and changed) over the years in an apparent attempt to be "all > things to all men" - and is damn near unusable as a quick solution. Unless you > already have a job set up somewhere that is "close enough" and can be quickly > modified, or can find something in the smart tricks papers. > Works a treat when it works though ...
Well, we just have to look at DFSORT as a programming language - with what follows. OTOH, what it does it does very fast and efficient so it's worth the effort to learn it IMHO. (Although I still haven't done that - time flies...) Best Regards, Thomas Berg ___________________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist zOS/RQM/IT Delivery Swedbank AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
