≫ INREC PARSE=(%00=(ABSPOS=64,ENDBEFR=C' ',FIXLEN=15)), Massimo,
Jason wants to count the MSGID , not the message TEXT which starts at position 58, but your parse is starting with ABSPOS=64. Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN