Hi to all DFSORT gurus!

Is there a limit of usage of Substring Search Limit beside of what is already 
documented?


If I say use using ICETOOL: 

INCLUDE=(5,1000,SS,EQ,X'D67DFBB0113C7464'), then I got the expected quantity of 
lines and these:

ICE201I A RECORD TYPE IS V - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 5                         
ICE150I 1 VLSHRT NOT USED FOR SORT, MERGE, INCLUDE, OMIT OR SUM STATEMENT FIELDS
...
ICE210I 0 PRINT    : EXCP USED, LRECL = 32756, BLKSIZE = 32760, TYPE = VB 
...
ICE055I 0 INSERT 0, DELETE 0                                
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 1787271, OUT: 1787271               
ICE227I 0 PRINT    : DELETED = 1787268, REPORT = 0, DATA = 3
ICE228I 0 PRINT    : TOTAL IN = 1787271, TOTAL OUT = 3      
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT                                     


Using the SAME input and with INCLUDE=(5,8000,SS,EQ,X'D67DFBB0113C7464'), then 
I got no output and these messages:

ICE201I A RECORD TYPE IS V - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 5                         
ICE150I 1 VLSHRT NOT USED FOR SORT, MERGE, INCLUDE, OMIT OR SUM STATEMENT FIELDS
...
ICE210I 0 PRINT    : EXCP USED, LRECL = 32756, BLKSIZE = 32760, TYPE = VB 
...
ICE055I 0 INSERT 0, DELETE 0                                
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 1787271, OUT: 1787271               
ICE227I 0 PRINT    : DELETED = 1787271, REPORT = 0, DATA = 0
ICE228I 0 PRINT    : TOTAL IN = 1787271, TOTAL OUT = 0      
ICE174I 0 NO DATA RECORDS FOR AN OUTFIL DATA SET - RC=0     
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT                                     

Question: In (p1,m1,SS,EQ,constant) how far apart should the p1 and m1 be? Or 
rather, what is the maximum size of m1?

I am asking this despite it is indeed documented that 

"m1 specifies the length of the field to be tested. The length can be 1 to 
32752 bytes."

Just curious of course if you don't mind please. Of course I may 

Thanks in advance!

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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