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Hi,
I have the following control information.

Sort fields=(4,13,CH,A)
OUTFIL FNAMES=SORTOUT
INCLUDE COND=(1,3,CH,EQ,C'102')


This sort card didnt give any error. It is working fine. Wat is the difference between this and the one without outfil statement? Both does the same thing ryt?


I havd only sortin and sortout ddnames. No other files

narasi_433,

If you do not specify a FNAMES or FILES parameter for an OUTFIL statement, the OUTFIL ddname is SORTOUT by default.

Hi,
Thanks for ur reply....... ya u r right...... if we mention it explicitly does it make any difference? Performance wise like that.......

narasi_433 wrote:Hi,
Thanks for ur reply....... ya u r right...... if we mention it explicitly does it make any difference? Performance wise like that.......

NO. Unless you require writing multiple files I wouldn't use OUTFIL.

Check these links which explain SORTOUT and OUTFIL processing in detail

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... e1ca60/1.7

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 60/2.5.4.6

Thanks a lot