Using the Sort & Selection utility Start here to learn how to use the sort utility.

Description What is this utility, any way?

Advantages & Limitations What can it do? What will it not do?

Syntax The nuts and bolts of the utility.

Sort & Selection Parameters What are the 4 basic keywords available?

Examples and File Layout used with examples See how to use the utility in different situations.

Example 1:  Sorting on one field

Example 2:  Sorting on more than one field

Example 3:  Sorting on contiguous fields

Example 4: Sorting into descending sequence

Example 5: Dropping records with duplicate values in the sort key

Example 6:  Selecting records using one field.

Example 7:  Selecting records using more than one field

Example 8:  Omitting records

Hasp Report from the DF-SORT Program Learn how to read the report created by the sort program for the details you need.

Overriding the Dataset Name Use this technique to read the file just sorted or selected in your existing program without changing the input file name to ANYFILE.