>I'd say it's because eliminating duplicate records isn't really a core
feature; it's just a useful by-product of the SUM function.
I'd answer DFSORT has a lot of features which I would not consider core
features, which doesn't mean they are not useful.
>Obviously, there's a world of divers
I'd say it's because eliminating duplicate records isn't really a core
feature; it's just a useful by-product of the SUM function.
Obviously, there's a world of divers requirements out there, but SORT
focuses on cases where you want to combine information from duplicate
keys, not just ignore
ssion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on
09/19/2017 09:34:47 PM:
> From: Peter Hunkeler <p...@gmx.ch>
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 09/19/2017 09:35 PM
> Subject: Eliminating duplicates (was: z/os 2.2 - help with sort/icetool)
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe
>//TOOLCNTL DD *
>OPTION NOEQUALS,DYNALLOC=(SYSDA,8)
>SORT FIELDS=(104,4088,A),FORMAT=CH
>SUM FIELDS=NONE
>//*
I always wondered why the function to simply eliminate duplicate records is
hidden within the SUM function? This is awkward. Why isn't there a clear and
straight forward keyword
