Author: Bill Woodger
Subject: Reply to: JOINKEYs and Variable files
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:34 am (GMT 5.5)
The REFORMAT statement, like any record, only has "one" RDW, which is at position 1, for a length of 4. 5,4, although it was sourced from an RDW, is not an RDW, it is just data, so doesn't count.
You have to use the only RDW possible. SyncSORT will work out the rest.
Subject: Reply to: JOINKEYs and Variable files
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:34 am (GMT 5.5)
The REFORMAT statement, like any record, only has "one" RDW, which is at position 1, for a length of 4. 5,4, although it was sourced from an RDW, is not an RDW, it is just data, so doesn't count.
You have to use the only RDW possible. SyncSORT will work out the rest.