"To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I'd write a REXX for it.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* There are some days when it takes all you've got to keep up with the losers. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 10:51 I have the following situation which causes me to get an "out of sequence" error for a merge operation. Three input files, all RECFM=VB, all the same LRECL and BLKSIZE. Files 2 and 3 are frequently (but NOT always) empty except for header and trailer records. I believe that the DATA records in all files are in the correct merge key sequence within each file, but my merge key specification could be in error. The SYSIN uses an OMIT to remove all header and trailer records from the merge operation, so when files 2 and 3 are processed they often contribute no actual data records to the merge process. I get Syncsort messages like this complaining about "out of sequence": WER055I INSERT 0, DELETE 1 WER068A OUT OF SEQ SORTIN02 , BLOCK 56,917 If I could ask Syncsort to tell me exactly what two merge keys are "out of sequence" I could pinpoint the record location of the condition and repair any merge key error I may have. Is there a way to ask Syncsort to tell me the exact keys that it thinks are out of sequence? If it matters, Syncsort version is reported as "SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 2.1.6.0N". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
