What is length in sysin dd?

[ramya_MF]

Hi ,
i have an output file with length of 2004. but in sysin i found the below statement.

RECORD TYPE=V,LENGTH=(2004,,,,466,126)

can any body please explain me what is 466 and 126 means? if record length increase from 2004 to 4004 is it necessary to change 466 and 126?

Thanks,
Ramya

[dbzTHEdinosauer]

it may help us help you
if you would tell us to which pgm the exec statement refers.

short of that, you could always refer to the manual for this program
and learn what the coded statement means.

we are not a short cut for manual reading.
spend some time doing it yourself,
but be careful, you may learn more that you wish.

[William Collins]

If you really want to know what it means, consult your manual.

Also discover that the necessity of having the RECORD statement is limited to a small number of situations. If you don't have one of those situations, remove it.

[ramya_MF]

Hi,

Thanks for your valueble suggestion, but the problem is i googled for that problem, but i didnt find any information regarding that info. so finally i posted this problem. if you have any manuals regarding this please provide me a link. and finally here I am using Sort utility.

[William Collins]

DFSORT manuals are available on the internet.

Syncsort manuals are available if your site is licenced to use the product.

[DikDude]

As mentioned in the first reply from DBZ:

if you would tell us to which pgm the exec statement refers.

I'll go a bit further and say you should post the complete jcl and control statements.

Your question asks about the length of the sysin dd, but i see nothing about this in your questions.

[William Collins]

It is a SORT Control Statement, so appears in SYSIN. TS wonders to what the parameters in the LENGTH refer.