Hello, The customer could use JOINKYES function successfully on their z/OS V1.10 system, even though DFSORT SYSOUT header show DFSORT release was V1R10. I beleave that PTF UK51707 had been installed in their z/OS V1.10.
Thank you. Minoru Massaki (M*M) 2012/1/25 Frank Yaeger <[email protected]>: > John McKown at IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote > on 01/24/2012 05:16:56 AM: >> I don't see JOINKEYS in z/OS 1.10's version of the DFSORT manual, so >> I'd say "No, you can't do this in z/OS 1.10". >> ... > > John, > > Because some functions of DFSORT/ICETOOL are implemented as PTFs, you > can't assume that a function isn't available if it isn't documented at a > particular > level of the book. Doc for a funcitonal PTF is first made available as a > paper > and then added to the next level of the book later. The JOINKEYS PTF is > available all the way back to z/OS DFSORT V1R5. JOINKEYS was documented > in the following paper at GA of the PTF > > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=114&uid=isg3T7000174 > > and is now documented in the DFSORT books. I know it's confusing, but > we don't update old levels of the books for new functions. > > Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development Team (IBM) - [email protected] > Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration > > => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- 全先 実 - Minoru Massaki (M*M) E-mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
