This works well IF, and only IF, DFSORT is actually doing the reading of the input dataset. That’s how it makes its intelligent decision of how much sortwork to allocate. If any kind of SORT E15/E35 exits are being used where data is being passed to SORT(internal COBOL sort, DB2 utilities) and no FILESZ or a record count is being passed, OR reading from a unix path name, then SORT will fail miserably dynamically allocating sortwork, or will at least use the default dynamic allocation specified in your ICEOPTS, which may or may not be sufficient.
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering [email protected] 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DFSORT (old) enhancement I have been removing any SORTWKxx DDs in my JCL. Seems to work fine. Also, check out the DYNALLOC parm for DFSORT. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 7:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: DFSORT (old) enhancement > > I'm just reading DFSORT presentation and found the following: > > Additional work data sets > –DFSORT V1R12 provided capability for dynamic allocation of additional > work data sets that are only used if needed –Primary space of zero > –Secondary space only allocated if needed > > Q: How can I use the above enhancement or read more about it? > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
