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C D' Rozario · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:03 am Post subject: Reformat Binary fields using sort

Hi,

I tried reformatting 6 bytes of signed binary to display format using the sort card given below

OUTREC FIELDS=(1,6,FI,EDIT=(STTTTTTTTTTT),SIGNS=(' ','-',,)

It throws me a reformatting error. But the same sort card works for 4 byte binary fields and less. Any work-arounds ?!!?
Im using DFSORT.

Thanks, Craig

kolusu · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:27 am Post subject:

craig,

BI/Fi fields can only be in 2,4,8 bytes. For equivalent DFSORT formats for various COBOL data types, see the "What are the equivalent DFSORT formats for various COBOL data types?" Ask Professor Sort item at:

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

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:02 am Post subject:

You can edit BI and FI fields of 1-4 bytes. You can't directly edit BI and FI fields greater than 4 bytes.

You could use this trick to edit a 6-byte BI field:

C D' Rozario · Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:14 pm Post subject:

You guys are doing an awesome job. And thatz a cool trick, Frank !

Thanks, Craig

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:

With z/OS DFSORT V1R5 PTF UQ95214 or DFSORT R14 PTF UQ95213 (Dec, 2004), you can now use up to 8 bytes for FI fields in INREC, OUTREC and OUTFIL, so

C D' Rozario · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject:

Ooops ! Thatz just terrific !
I just cant stop wondering how you keep track of old posts and provide them with most recent updates !

Hats off to you my friend.

And thats a pretty cool feature, as you dont have to worry about the binary length upto 8 bytes.

Thanks for the update,
Craig

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:37 pm Post subject:

Craig,

Thanks for the words of encouragement.