This step fails with error "OUTPUT LRECL DIFFERS FROM SORTOUT LRECL" !! I don't know why??
Is it a must that the RECFM of TAPE to be VB?
Is the SORT FIELDS correct or should be changed to below?
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:14 am Post subject:
You are trying to write a FB file from a FB file without the required parameters in the control statements.
A stright sort will require that the output RECFM / LRECL matches the input RECFM / LRECL unless you specifically state that you want to convert from VB to FB _________________ If it's true that we are here to help others,
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:
ranga_subham,
first of all you don't need 2 steps to do what you are trying to do. Never hard code the DCB properties of the sortout dataset. SORT automatically calculates it
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: Tried and Failed
Kolusu, I have tried the thing you suggested but it failed saying that SPACE parameter was not specified _________________ Ranga
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:04 am Post subject: Yes
Kolusu, ok...let me clear the air....
We need to maintain the datasets on both DASD and TAPE. I did a mistake that I did not put the SPACE for the backup taken on DASD. That is why it was failing with JCL Error. Later, I added SPACE and that step finished successfully.
Thanks. _________________ Ranga
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:21 am Post subject: Wrong BLKSIZE
Another reason for the abend while taking backup on DASD was giving the wrong BLKSIZE. I gave both LRECL & BLKSIZE as 31038 where as it should have been 31038 and 31042 respectively.
If I have to write a SPACE for a VB file, Do I give SPACE=(BLKSIZE,(100,200),RLSE) or (LRECL,(100,200),RLSE)?
Please help.
Thanks. _________________ Ranga
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:
ranga subham wrote:
I have an output FILE-A created as RECFM=FB & LRECL=31034 by a program. I convert this FILE-A to FILE-B as VB. After converting it from FB to VB, I am taking backup into a TAPE dataset.
Did you even realize that once you convert the FB file to a VB file the first 4 bytes will be RDW and you are actually sorting on it instead of the real data?
A VB file will have the actual data in pos 5.
As for your JCL question I recommend that you stop worrying about the LRECL and BLKSIZE hardcoding. Remove them completely.
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