Answered my own question by experimentation. Seems that OVERLAY is just like
BUILD except that it does not permit the shorthand notation of
"position:position" at the end of the specifications to mean "from here to the
end of the record, however long it may be". And OVERLAY is not needed to
overlay values in certain positions, BUILD will do that just fine.
For the archives, this is the revised OUTREC which works:
OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(32,1,CH,EQ,C'1'), FOR RECORDS WITH THIS VALUE ONLY
BUILD=(1,4,5:5,27, RDW + UP TO FIRST CHANGE
32:C'7X', FIRST CHANGE
34:34,323, UP TO NEXT CHANGE
358:C'F#', NEXT CHANGE
360:360,5, UP TO LAST CHANGE
366:C'C', LAST CHANGE
367:367)), REST OF RECORD
IFTHEN=(WHEN=NONE, ALL OTHER RECORDS
BUILD=(1,4,5:5)) OUTPUT AS-IS
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Farley, Peter x23353
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 5:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Syncsort question: Why do I get error RDW NOT INCLUDED?
I am trying to set up a Syncsort OUTREC to overlay certain fields in VB
records. This is the OUTREC I have:
OUTREC IFTHEN(WHEN=(0032,1,CH,EQ,C'1'),
OVERLAY=(1,4,
32:32,2,C'7X',
358:358,2,C'F#',
366:366,1,C'C')),
IFTHEN(WHEN=NONE,
BUILD=(1,4,5:5))
I get these Syncsort messages:
WER276B SYSDIAG= 1680787, 4697249, 4697249, 4893065
WER164B 1,028K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE, MAX REQUESTED,
WER164B 156K BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 1,000K BYTES USED
WER146B 24K BYTES OF EMERGENCY SPACE ALLOCATED
WER108I SORTIN : RECFM=VB ; LRECL= 8004; BLKSIZE= 27998
WER073I SORTIN : DSNAME=HLQ.INPUT.FILE
WER235A OUTREC RDW NOT INCLUDED
WER211B SYNCSMF CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000
I think I am including the RDW in each of the IFWHEN phrases (1,4). Can anyone
tell me what I am doing wrong here?
TIA for any help you can provide.
Peter
--
This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee
and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader
of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of
the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this
communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication
in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any
attachments from your system.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
