I am trying to build an output record that looks like D04nnnnnn (where nnnnnn is in column 27 for a length of 6 in the input record) I found a start on the IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/professor _sort/srtmarfm.html and got this far //SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=COPY INCLUDE COND=(21,3,CH,EQ,C'JOB',AND, 5,4,CH,EQ,C' ') INREC BUILD=(1,1,C'D',2,2,C'04',27,6) RECORD TYPE=F We are on release 14 of DFSORT (not sure what PTF has been applied, I am an application programmer). I have tried it without the INREC part and it still gives me grief.
1ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET COPY TECHNIQUE SELECTED ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5740-SM1, DFSORT REL 14.0 - 12:40 ON THU MAY 0 SORT FIELDS=COPY INCLUDE COND=(21,3,CH,EQ,C'JOB',AND, 5,4,CH,EQ,C' ') INREC BUILD=(1,1,C'D',2,2,C'04',27,6) $ ICE104A 0 INVALID INREC OR OUTREC STATEMENT OPERAND RECORD TYPE=F I have built INREC with using only data from the input record, but have not inserted anything by spaces in the output before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kriss ------------------------- Kriss Davis, CCP Illinois State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 309-438-2802 ------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html