Of course you could use a SORT exit for this, but why would you? You are not going to match DFSORT's IO capabilities, let alone IDCAMS (for VSAM). Plus the overhead of the exit.
Yes, if the requirement is "one step only, and even then you can't use ICETOOL" then you are stuck with using an exit, but for any other than those limits in this case (and the vast majority of cases) then with the modern DFSORT (which has been around a long time) an exit is the wrong way to go. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
