what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in
cobol? I mean whether we need to include tempary file used
for sorting in assign statement?

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what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include ..

Answer / guest

yes we need to include one temp file whose record size is same
as that of input file record size

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what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include ..

Answer / sampangi

i think it's in step.......like &name

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what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include ..

Answer / sandhya

in jcl there is no need to assign temporary file..and we
have to create temporary file in cobol same structure as
cobol program..this temp file sort the records and output
went to output file..

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