DFSORT SYNTAX ERROR using TRAILER and COUNT

Jack3615 · Post by **Jack3615** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:46 am

I 'm attempting to use TRAILER and COUNTS to count records and print todays date:

//COUNT EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DSN.INPUT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTOUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DSN.OUTPUT
//SYSIN DD *
INCLUDE COND=(129,4,CH,EQ,C'XXXXF',OR,129,4,CH,EQ,C'YYYY')
OUTFIL REMOVECC,NODETAIL,
TRAILER1=(DATE1,2:' NUMBER OF RECORDS: ',COUNT=(M10,LENGTH=7))
SORT FIELDS=COPY

Receives: OUTFIL STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR

Can a DATE1 field (or other format) be used in the TRAILER field? Please advise.
Thank you!
Jack

William Collins · Post by **William Collins** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:53 am

If you look in the documentation, DATE1 is not possible, but other date formats are.

What do you need to see the date as? Can it be in a different format?

Jack3615 · Post by **Jack3615** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:28 pm

I'd like to have something with YYYYMMDD but I'm willing take whatever is a valid format. Can you please describe some of the pertinent date formats I could use? Thanks, Jack

William Collins · Post by **William Collins** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:44 pm

DATE is possible, and you should be able to get a four-digit year, month and day, in whichever order you like.

Find OUTFIL in Chapter 3. Find the description of HEADER1, and it explains the valid date formats and options, they are the same for TRAILER1.

Jack3615 · Post by **Jack3615** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:16 pm

Could you provide a link to the correct DFSORT book/manual, as I'm having trouble locating the information. Thanks, Jack

William Collins · Post by **William Collins** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:52 pm

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocente ... _14#oufcst

The search for HEADER1

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DFSORT SYNTAX ERROR using TRAILER and COUNT

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