Re: z/os 2.2 - help with sort/icetool

[Elardus Engelbrecht]

Chris Hoelscher wrote:

>//IN       DD  DSN=&&UNIQSTOK,                       
>//             DISP=(OLD,DELETE)    
...
>  SORT FIELDS=(104,4088,A),FORMAT=CH                 
...


> ICE201I A RECORD TYPE IS F - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 1                        
>  

Is that RECFM correct?

> 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??

Let us start at the beginning. What is the LRECL, RECFM, DSORG and BLCKSIZE of 
&&UNIQSTOK?

You may need to ensure your input is really that long, 4088 chars at least? 

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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