Hi. I'm not sure what the "INREC BUILD..." is supposed to do because I don't see this in the documentation. Try INREC FIELDS=..... instead.
-----Original Message----- From: Davis Kriss P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: DFSORT, INREC and BUILD 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 E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY & USE NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments. In addition, you are strictly prohibited from using, disseminating, distributing, copying, or storing this message and any attachments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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