The point of the post was that this was something weird which someone might have experienced.
Anyway, here is what we see: Input: //SORT EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=(61,100,CH,A,265,2000,CH,A) SUM FIELDS=NONE END //* Organization: PS Record format: FB Record length: 2285 Block size: 27420 Output: 09.04.03 JOB50717 +WER999A XSSYC801,SORT , - UNSUCCESSFUL SORT 0C4 S 9.04.04 JOB50717 IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT 036 036 SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C4 REASON CODE=00000010 036 TIME=09.04.03 SEQ=47706 CPU=0000 ASID=004D 036 PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078C0000 80E795C4 ILC 4 INTC 10 036 NO ACTIVE MODULE FOUND 036 NAME=UNKNOWN 036 DATA AT PSW 00E795BE - B20AF000 1BFF9180 202AA714 036 AR/GR 0: 00AFE040/00000000 1: 00000000/2000CFBC 036 2: 00000000/2000CFBC 3: 00000000/00E7A018 036 4: 00000000/00ACF708 5: 00000000/00AFD830 036 6: 00000000/00E794C0 7: 00000000/00FAA380 036 8: 00000000/00000000 9: 00000000/01755508 036 A: 00000000/00AFD8F0 B: 00000000/2000CFBC 036 C: 00000000/010DAEE0 D: 00000000/00026120 036 E: 00000000/00FF0F00 F: 01000002/00000000 036 END OF SYMPTOM DUMP Changing the SORT to use these parms instead: SORT FIELDS=(61,100,CH,A,265,1940,CH,A) makes the problem go away. regards, Anthony Fletcher - NZ MIITP Team Lead NZ SMM (AirNZ, Westpac NZ , TelstraClear NZ and NWM AU) IBM Strategic Outsourcing Delivery Server Systems Operations Server Management Mainframe Mainframe Software Program Manager NZ z/OS Technical Lead A/NZ Ph: Direct +64 4 576 8142, tieline 61 929 8142, ITN *869298142, mobile +64 21 464 864, Fax +64 4 576 5808. Internet: flet...@nz1.ibm.com, Sametime: flet...@nz1.ibm.com "The biggest threat to effective communication is the belief that it has occurred" "Winners make commitments, Losers make promises" From: "Gibney, Dave" <gib...@wsu.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 04/12/2012 09:49 Subject: Re: SYNCSORT Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> AS is often the case, without the sort statements, file attributes and actual error messages, I doubt any of us are psychic enough to give a meaningful answer. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Anthony Fletcher > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 12:47 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: SYNCSORT > > Any SYNCSORT users out there? We have one job that gets an S0C4-10. The > problem can be reproduced with a three line set of data, so its not a capacity > problem. There are two sort fields. If the second one's displacement is > reduced the problem goes away but it otherwise looks like an addressing > problem. The sort length plus displacement is nowhere near as long as the > LRECL of the data set. > The abend does not appear to be in any SYNCSORT module. > It is version 1.3.0 running on z/OS 1.13. > Waiting for vendor agent to get back. > Anyone experienced anything like this? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN