Sorting 2 files (one with no data) produces no output?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:43 pm
Hello, I 've run across an issue where I have 2 input datasets to sort. One of the input datasets is empty (sometimes this will be the case, sometimes it will be populated. The output dataset has no data. I need this to produce output even if one of the files is empty. Any ideas? The LRECL for both files is not defined earlier in the job, if that makes any difference.
The SYSOUT from that step is:
ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET SORT TECHNIQUE SELECTED
ICE250I 0 VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR DFSORT PAPERS, EXAMPLES AN
ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5694-A01, Z/OS DFSORT V1R10 - 12:46 ON WED MA
SORT FIELDS=(9,8,A,1,8,A),
FORMAT=BI
ICE201I H RECORD TYPE IS F - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 1
ICE751I 0 C5-K90025 C6-K90025 C7-K54603 C8-K62201 E4-K51707 C9-BASE E5-K62201
ICE193I 0 ICEAM1 INVOCATION ENVIRONMENT IN EFFECT - ICEAM1 ENVIRONMENT SELECTED
ICE088I 1 TESTJOB.T01JOB , INPUT LRECL = 16, BLKSIZE = 27984, TYPE =
ICE093I 0 MAIN STORAGE = (MAX,8388608,8388608)
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (8462320,8331248)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=8388608,MAXLIM=6291456,MINLIM=204800,EQUALS=N,LIST=Y,ERE
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=SHORT,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=
ICE130I 0 OPTIONS: RESALL=8192,RESINV=0,SVC=109 ,CHECK=Y,WRKREL=Y,OUTREL=Y,CKPT=
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=8388608,ARESALL=131072,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=65536,CINV=Y
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=N,IEXIT=Y,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITC
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=0 ,DSPSIZE=0 ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMI
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SORTOUT
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SORTIN
ICE750I 0 DC 0 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 16 VSZ 16
ICE752I 0 FSZ=1 RC IGN=0 E AVG=16 0 WSP=1 C DYN=0 0
ICE751I 1 DE-K61785 D5-K62201 D9-K61785 E8-K61438
ICE090I 0 OUTPUT LRECL = 16, BLKSIZE = 27984, TYPE = FB (SDB)
ICE080I 0 IN MAIN STORAGE SORT
ICE055I 0 INSERT 0, DELETE 0
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 0, OUT: 0
ICE173I 0 NO RECORDS FOR THE SORTOUT DATA SET - RC=0
ICE134I 0 NUMBER OF BYTES SORTED: 0
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 0, EXPECTED: 1
ICE165I 0 TOTAL WORK DATA SET TRACKS ALLOCATED: 13500 , TRACKS USED: 0
ICE199I 0 MEMORY OBJECT STORAGE USED = 0M BYTES
ICE180I 0 HIPERSPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE188I 0 DATA SPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT
//T01JOB EXEC PGM=SORT,PARM='SIZE=MAX'
//*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=(,)
//*
//******* I N P U T F I L E (S) ***********
//*
//SORTIN DD DSN=TEST.NEW(+1),DISP=SHR
// DD DSN=TEST.OLD(+1),DISP=SHR
//*
//******* O U T P U T F I L E (S) *********
//*
//SORTOUT DD DSN=TEST.COMBINED(+1),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),MGMTCLAS=I1WBRA1Q,
// STORCLAS=NORMAL,SPACE=(CYL,(19,5),RLSE),
// DCB=(MODLDSCB,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0)
//*
//******* S O R T W O R K F I L E(S) ********
//*
//SORTWK01 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK02 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK03 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK04 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK05 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK06 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//******* S O R T F I E L D S **************
//*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(9,8,A,1,8,A),
FORMAT=BI
/*
//*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=(,)
//*
//******* I N P U T F I L E (S) ***********
//*
//SORTIN DD DSN=TEST.NEW(+1),DISP=SHR
// DD DSN=TEST.OLD(+1),DISP=SHR
//*
//******* O U T P U T F I L E (S) *********
//*
//SORTOUT DD DSN=TEST.COMBINED(+1),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),MGMTCLAS=I1WBRA1Q,
// STORCLAS=NORMAL,SPACE=(CYL,(19,5),RLSE),
// DCB=(MODLDSCB,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0)
//*
//******* S O R T W O R K F I L E(S) ********
//*
//SORTWK01 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK02 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK03 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK04 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK05 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//SORTWK06 DD MGMTCLAS=D0DB0A0D,STORCLAS=NORMAL,
// DATACLAS=SEQ,SPACE=(CYL,(150,50),RLSE)
//*
//******* S O R T F I E L D S **************
//*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(9,8,A,1,8,A),
FORMAT=BI
/*
The SYSOUT from that step is:
ICE143I 0 BLOCKSET SORT TECHNIQUE SELECTED
ICE250I 0 VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR DFSORT PAPERS, EXAMPLES AN
ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5694-A01, Z/OS DFSORT V1R10 - 12:46 ON WED MA
SORT FIELDS=(9,8,A,1,8,A),
FORMAT=BI
ICE201I H RECORD TYPE IS F - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 1
ICE751I 0 C5-K90025 C6-K90025 C7-K54603 C8-K62201 E4-K51707 C9-BASE E5-K62201
ICE193I 0 ICEAM1 INVOCATION ENVIRONMENT IN EFFECT - ICEAM1 ENVIRONMENT SELECTED
ICE088I 1 TESTJOB.T01JOB , INPUT LRECL = 16, BLKSIZE = 27984, TYPE =
ICE093I 0 MAIN STORAGE = (MAX,8388608,8388608)
ICE156I 0 MAIN STORAGE ABOVE 16MB = (8462320,8331248)
ICE127I 0 OPTIONS: OVFLO=RC0 ,PAD=RC0 ,TRUNC=RC0 ,SPANINC=RC16,VLSCMP=N,SZERO=Y,
ICE128I 0 OPTIONS: SIZE=8388608,MAXLIM=6291456,MINLIM=204800,EQUALS=N,LIST=Y,ERE
ICE129I 0 OPTIONS: VIO=N,RESDNT=ALL ,SMF=SHORT,WRKSEC=Y,OUTSEC=Y,VERIFY=N,CHALT=
ICE130I 0 OPTIONS: RESALL=8192,RESINV=0,SVC=109 ,CHECK=Y,WRKREL=Y,OUTREL=Y,CKPT=
ICE131I 0 OPTIONS: TMAXLIM=8388608,ARESALL=131072,ARESINV=0,OVERRGN=65536,CINV=Y
ICE132I 0 OPTIONS: VLSHRT=N,ZDPRINT=N,IEXIT=Y,TEXIT=N,LISTX=N,EFS=NONE ,EXITC
ICE133I 0 OPTIONS: HIPRMAX=0 ,DSPSIZE=0 ,ODMAXBF=0,SOLRF=Y,VLLONG=N,VSAMI
ICE235I 0 OPTIONS: NULLOUT=RC0
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SORTOUT
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SORTIN
ICE750I 0 DC 0 TC 0 CS DSVVV KSZ 16 VSZ 16
ICE752I 0 FSZ=1 RC IGN=0 E AVG=16 0 WSP=1 C DYN=0 0
ICE751I 1 DE-K61785 D5-K62201 D9-K61785 E8-K61438
ICE090I 0 OUTPUT LRECL = 16, BLKSIZE = 27984, TYPE = FB (SDB)
ICE080I 0 IN MAIN STORAGE SORT
ICE055I 0 INSERT 0, DELETE 0
ICE054I 0 RECORDS - IN: 0, OUT: 0
ICE173I 0 NO RECORDS FOR THE SORTOUT DATA SET - RC=0
ICE134I 0 NUMBER OF BYTES SORTED: 0
ICE253I 0 RECORDS SORTED - PROCESSED: 0, EXPECTED: 1
ICE165I 0 TOTAL WORK DATA SET TRACKS ALLOCATED: 13500 , TRACKS USED: 0
ICE199I 0 MEMORY OBJECT STORAGE USED = 0M BYTES
ICE180I 0 HIPERSPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE188I 0 DATA SPACE STORAGE USED = 0K BYTES
ICE052I 0 END OF DFSORT