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kolusu · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:34 am Post subject:

Maheswari,

VLTESTI specifies to SyncSort how to process variable-length records that do not contain all specified INCLUDE or OMIT fields. VLTESTI applies to both regular and OUTFIL INCLUDE/OMIT processing.

The delivered default of 0 instructs SyncSort to terminate if a record does not completely contain all INCLUDE or OMIT fields. A WER250A critical error message is generated to indicate this condition.

When VLTESTI=1 is specified, a record that does not completely contain all INCLUDE/ OMIT fields is treated as having failed the comparison. SyncSort will omit the record if INCLUDE is being used or include the record if OMIT has been specified.

When VLTESTI=2 is specified, SyncSort will treat comparisons to fields not completely contained within the record as false and decide a record's status for inclusion or omission from fields that are available. If all fields are not present, the record will be processed as having failed the comparison. SyncSort will omit the record if INCLUDE is being used or include the record if OMIT has been specified.
Hope this helps...

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Kolusu
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YSMVS · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

Frank

kolusu · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

YSMVS,

Please search before posting. This has been discussed earlier. check this link

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=404&highlight=syncsort+dfsort

Hope this helps...

Cheers

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Maheshwari · Beginner Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 21 Topics: 3

Thanks kolusu for the description of VLTESTI. It was really very helpful.

Thanks,
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Frank Yaeger · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

For the record, DFSORT does not recognize the VLTESTI parameter. Instead, DFSORT supports the VLSCMP/NOVLSCMP and VLSHRT/NOVLSHRT parameters which provide equivalent functions for handling short records with INCLUDE/OMIT. For details on using these DFSORT parameters, see the "How can I use INCLUDE/OMIT with "short" fields?" Ask Professor Sort item at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/professor_sort/
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