>> UTF-8 is a variable-length encoding. Is the length of a key field specified >> in characters or in octets?
Check this link which explains how DFSORT process Unicode data. Search for (UTF-8/16/32) in the link below https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=descriptions-dfsort-data-formats >> I suppose there's little to gain by acceleration when file size=0. 32 MB is the bare minimum requirement for Sort accelerator. >> Does it suffice to have DCB=LRECL=25 even though no record exceeds 24 bytes >> in length? Yes, it would, but status of the job would be depending on the option VLSHRT which pads short records with binary zeroes. Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
