Ron, I am not sure how you can compare the results of
SORT FIELDS=(1,4,CH,A,26,9,CH,A),EQUALS with SORT FIELDS=(26,9,CH,A,71,4,BI,A),EQUALS. In the first case you are sorting on the ASIS first followed by the field at position 26 and in the second case you are sorting on the contents at position 26 first and then followed by the equivalent value of ASIS which is now in binary format. Assuming your character data in position 1 thru 4 is now presented in position 71 thru 74 but now in binary format, you need to use the following control cards SORT FIELDS=(71,4,BI,A,26,9,CH,A),EQUALS Which will give you the desired results Thanks, Sri Hari Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation Email: skol...@us.ibm.com Phone: 408-927-2187 Tie Line: 457-2187 IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> wrote on 07/29/2014 09:15:04 PM: > From: Ron Thomas <ron5...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu > Date: 07/29/2014 09:15 PM > Subject: Re: SORT JCL > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> > > Thanks Kolusu. Here is the sort card i used "SORT FIELDS=(1, > 4,CH,A,26,9,CH,A),EQUALS" which is in the "ASIS" case where in the > modified sort card "SORT FIELDS=(26,9,CH,A,71,4,BI,A),EQUALS." > > The issue is data in the "ASIS" the 1-4 bytes is same as in the > "TOBE" the only change is the data is in binary. Now when we does > the sort the sequence number get disturbed . > > Please let me know where the issue is ? > > Thanks > Ron T > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
