SORTING VARIABLE-LENGTH RECORDS - IBM Mainframe
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Job SearchAlthough you cannot specify RECORDING MODE V in the SD entry (which does not allow the RECORDING MODE clause), the compiler determines that the records in the new file are of variable length if:
- The input file to the new file has variable-length records.
- The SD includes more than one record description and the records are of different lengths.
- The SD includes a RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE clause.
If the input file for the new file contains variable-length records, specify the record length that occurs most frequently in the input file (the modal length) on the SMS= control card or in the SORT-MODE-SIZE special register. Use of the SMS control card or SORT-MODE-SIZE special register is optional, but it can improve sort performance.
