Is is possible that sort out is less than sort in?

shaop

Someone told me that he met such a problem.
When he sort a file, the output item number is less than the input number.
Is it possible? Why?
Thanks.

shaop · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your attentions.
The problem has been solved. That guy told me that some records was filtered by one parameter.
Still thanks.

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

DFSORT has several control statements and parameters that can omit records - INCLUDE, OMIT, SUM, SKIPREC, STOPAFT, SAMPLE. E15 and E35 exits can also remove records.