I think that I know the answer to this, but I'll ask here. Suppose that I have an input file with variable length records. I use OPTION VLSHRT. I then have a couple of OUTFIL statements, similar to:
SORT FIELDS=COPY OPTION VLSHRT OUTFIL FNAMES=FILE1,INCLUDE=(27,1,CH,EQ,C'A',OR,50,2,CH,EQ,C'BC') OUTFIL FNAMES=FILE2,INCLUDE=(99,2,CH,EQ,C'ZD') Suppose that I have a record which is 90 bytes long. It contains an "A" in column 27 and a "BC" in column 50 (Yes, I know about the +4 for VB records, that's been taken into account). For some reason, the person thinks that because the second OUTFIL "goes beyond" the length of the record, that the first OUTFIL will fail as well. So he ran two separate SORT steps which did the equivalent of the above. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
