What is SORTPARM in JCL

josephvincentd · New User Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 18

please explain about SORTPARM IN JCL.

vinci

Ganesh K Rajan · New User Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 8

Hi Vincent,

Can u be more specific abt ur question.
Are u asking abt the SORT parameters or anything else.

Rgs,
Ganesh.K

laxmi · New User Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 9

hai,
SORT it is a UTILITY program used to sort the file based on the offset externally in JCL

Here is one example

//JOB1 JOB
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT = A
//SORTIN DD DSN=FILE.ORIGINAL, DISP = SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=FILE.SORTED,DISP=SHR
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(2,5,A,CH)
/*
//

BY USING THE ABOVE CODE WE CAN SORT THE FILE.ORIGINAL AND THE RESULTANT FILE WILL BE IN THE FILE.SORTED

I think it is more specific if u have any doubts plz let me know
bye
laxmi

avalanches · New User Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 28

Please go through the following link for more info.

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zose/bkserv/zose/dfsortz16_srch.html

vishal_a · New User Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 39 Location: Noida

sortparm is a option used while we sort file in cobol. This is given with the compiler utility.

josephvincentd · New User Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 18

hallo friends i have got the answer thru my friend

it is actually the parameters used for sorting .

thanks a lot for ur reply

vinci