I think USING is a parameter of the SELECT but ICETOOL is seeing it as a separate statement. Change the end of your SELECT statement to include a continuation character.
//TOOLIN DD * SELECT FROM(SORTIN) TO(SORTF1) ON(16,50,CH) DISCARD(SORTF2) FIRST - USING(CTL1) Have a nice day, Dave Betten z/OS Performance Specialist Cloud and Systems Performance IBM Corporation email: bet...@us.ibm.com IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 06/02/2017 08:17:31 AM: > From: Ron Thomas <ron5...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 06/02/2017 08:19 AM > Subject: DFSORT Error message > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > Hello . > > I am trying to extract unique invoice numbers to a file using DFSORT > ,ICETOOL and below is my control card.n The o/p i want to reformat it. > > I am getting the below error messages. could someone let me know > where the issue is ? > > //TOOLIN DD * > SELECT FROM(SORTIN) TO(SORTF1) ON(16,50,CH) DISCARD(SORTF2) FIRST > USING(CTL1) > /* > //CTL1CNTL DD * > OUTFIL FNAMES=SORTF1,OUTREC=(06,50) > OUTFIL FNAMES=SORTF2,OUTREC=(06,50) > /* > > > ICE627I 0 DFSORT CALL 0001 FOR SORT FROM SORTIN TO OUTFIL COMPLETED > ICE628I 0 RECORD COUNT: 000000000429362 > ICE638I 0 NUMBER OF RECORDS RESULTING FROM CRITERIA: 000000000097455 > ICE602I 0 OPERATION RETURN CODE: 00 > > USING(CTL1) > $ > ICE614A 0 INVALID OPERATOR > ICE602I 0 OPERATION RETURN CODE: 12 > > > 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
