NOEQUALS made it work - thanks to all

Chris Hoelscher
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of David Betten
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:40 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] z/os 2.2 - help with sort/icetool

Is it possible your installation default is EQUALS=YES?  This causes extra 
bytes to be added to the sort field internally.  Try adding OPTION NOEQUALS 
after your SORT statement.


Have a nice day,
Dave Betten
z/OS Performance Specialist
Cloud and Systems Performance
IBM Corporation
email:  bet...@us.ibm.com


IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on
09/19/2017 05:20:05 PM:

> From: Chris Hoelscher <choelsc...@humana.com>
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 09/19/2017 05:20 PM
> Subject: Re: z/os 2.2 - help with sort/icetool Sent by: IBM Mainframe 
> Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
>
> the LRECL, RECFM, DSORG and BLCKSIZE of &&amp;UNIQSTOK?
>
> Here is where the ds was created
> //OFA      DD  DSN=&&UNIQSTOK,
> //             DISP=(NEW,PASS),
> //             SPACE=(CYL,(010,010),RLSE),
> //             UNIT=SYSDA,
> //             BLKSIZE=25600,
> //             LRECL=25600,
> //             RECFM=FB
>
> You may need to ensure your input is really that long, 4088 chars at
least?
>
> Yes - the rows are space-filled before being populated - at least
> 25502 bytes have data
>
>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU ] 
> On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:03 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] z/os 2.2 - help with sort/icetool
>
> Chris Hoelscher wrote:
>
> >//IN       DD  DSN=&&amp;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 &&amp;UNIQSTOK?
>
> You may need to ensure your input is really that long, 4088 chars at
least?
>
> Groete / Greetings
> Elardus Engelbrecht
>
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