I *have* read the manual, but am apparently still clueless The jcl
//STEP45 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL,REGION=0M //IN DD DSN=&&UNIQSTOK, // DISP=(OLD,DELETE) //OUT DD SYSOUT=X,LRECL=25600 //TOOLIN DD * SORT FROM(IN) TO(OUT) USING(TOOL) //TOOLCNTL DD * SORT FIELDS=(104,4088,A),FORMAT=CH END //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=X //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=X //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=X //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=X //SORTWK01 DD SPACE=(CYL,(60)), // UNIT=SYSDA //SORTWK02 DD SPACE=(CYL,(60)), // UNIT=SYSDA //SORTWK03 DD SPACE=(CYL,(60)), // UNIT=SYSDA //SORTWK04 DD SPACE=(CYL,(60)), // UNIT=SYSDA //SORTWK05 DD SPACE=(CYL,(60)), // UNIT=SYSDA The results 1ICE200I 0 IDENTIFIER FROM CALLING PROGRAM IS 0001 ICE201I A RECORD TYPE IS F - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 1 ICE751I 0 C5-I40658 C6-I35397 C7-I35397 C8-I40658 E9-I40658 E7-I40658 0ICE805I 0 JOBNAME: CMH5342E , STEPNAME: STEP10 ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET SORT TECHNIQUE SELECTED ICE250I 0 VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR DFSORT PAPERS, EXAMPLES A ICE000I 0 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5650-ZOS, Z/OS DFSORT V2R2 - 15:23 ON TUE S 0 SORT FIELDS=(104,4088,A),FORMAT=CH ICE146I 0 END OF STATEMENTS FROM TOOLCNTL - PARAMETER LIST STATEMENTS FOLLOW DEBUG NOABEND,ESTAE OPTION MSGDDN=DFSMSG,LIST,MSGPRT=ALL,RESINV=0,SORTDD=TOOL,SORTIN=IN,SOR* TOUT=OUT,DYNALLOC ICE189A 0 BLOCKSET REQUIRED BUT COULD NOT BE USED - REASON CODE IS 63 ICE052I 3 END OF DFSORT 63 Too many control fields were specified or control fields were too large. I have only 1 control field and I *thought* 4088 was acceptable Where have I gone wrong?? thanks Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 476-2538 or 407-7266 INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
