Is there some order of processing SYSIN statements in SORT?

[Sachin Kumar]

Hi,

Please have a look at below code:

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INREC FIELDS=(1,5,81:SEQNUM,3,ZD)
SORT FIELDS=(1,5,CH,A)           
SUM FIELDS=NONE                   

and then I used

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SORT FIELDS=(1,5,CH,A)           
INREC FIELDS=(1,5,81:SEQNUM,3,ZD)
SUM FIELDS=NONE                   

In both the cases I got the same output. With first code I though that it'll first process INREC and later SORT and opposite for the second code but it does not seem to work that way. Is there some specif way of execution of statements?

[Robert Sample]

DFSORT (or Syncsort -- whichever you use) is a very sophisticated product. I suspect (but do not know for a fact) that it analyzes the SYSIN and ensures that INREC processing is performed before the sort and OUTREC processing after the sort -- no matter the order of those statements in the SYSIN. You could confirm this by contacting your sort vendor.

[Manoj]

I think INREC is performed first...

[Anuj Dhawan]

As has been indicated- For a SORT application, keeping the example you cited in mind - it does not matter which order you specify the control cards in the SYSIN.

INREC processing occurs before SORT processing, and then SUM occurs after the SORT.

If you've SyncSort manual, SyncSort for z/OS Programmer's Guide, please refer to Chapter 8 in this Guide for the complete Flow of the Sort.

[Sachin Kumar]

Thanks guys.

[Anuj Dhawan]

Glad, we had been helpful.