Author: Bill Woodger
Subject: Reply to: compare 2 records in seq. file & report differences
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:01 pm (GMT 5.5)
The limit mentioned referred to the LRECL, not to the length of a comparison field which was changed eight-and-a-half years later and which couldn't have been predicted at the time.
To compare longer than 256 for a single field, just have it as multiple fields adding up in length to the desired size and use AND.
If after eight-and-a-half years they have a newer release of DFSORT, there's probably a different way to do the whole shebang.
Subject: Reply to: compare 2 records in seq. file & report differences
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:01 pm (GMT 5.5)
The limit mentioned referred to the LRECL, not to the length of a comparison field which was changed eight-and-a-half years later and which couldn't have been predicted at the time.
To compare longer than 256 for a single field, just have it as multiple fields adding up in length to the desired size and use AND.
If after eight-and-a-half years they have a newer release of DFSORT, there's probably a different way to do the whole shebang.