"Van Dalsen, Herbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] >... > Hi all, > > WE are running z/OS 1.6 with no plans to upgrade because we aren't going > to fork out any more for Tivoli 8.3. We also have Enterprise COBOL. > > This is the problem... > > The file was allocated Cyl,(15,5) and 160000 records written to it by > the COBOL program, it thus expanded to 3 volumes and lots of extents... > In the same job, this file was sorted, but only 45900 records were > sorted, into itself, and the rest of the records were lost. > > We have tried to re-create the problem by creating the multivolume file > with IEBGENER... unsuccessfully... > > My thinking is this, and I have not found a MVS APAR stating that this > might be the case, but here goes... Because of some problem / limitation > in the COBOL / MVS File close routines... All three extents of the file > are not known to DFSORT 3 steps lower and only at the actual end of the > job, but how do I prove this. > > This occurred 3 times now, until we changed the allocation to > Cyl,(200,50) and end up with the file on 1 volume, problem sorted? > > Any ideas, Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > Herbie
I understand the DFSORT step follows the Cobol step, and sorts into the same dataset? Insert an IEBGENER step to make a copy of the file from the Cobol program and see what IEBGENER thinks of the dataset. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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