Fields

 

POSITION:n

   Specifies the position of the first byte in the key field. A
   value of 1 to 32,767 may be specified. The first byte in a record
   is considered position 1. The POSITION:n field must be specified.
   (Note that the SIZE:n field must also be specified, except for
   floating point data types where the size is known.)
 

SIZE:n

   Specifies the length of the key field. The total composite size
   of all keys and the original input record length must be less
   than 32,767 bytes. If the decimal sign is stored in a separate
   byte in the key field, that byte is not counted toward the size
   of the data.

   Both the POSITION:n and SIZE:n fields must be specified, except
   for floating point data types where the size is known.

   The data type of the key determines what values are acceptable
   when specifying size as well as the units in which the size is
   specified:

   o  1 to 32,767 (characters) for character data

   o  1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 (bytes) for binary data

      High-performance Sort/Merge: The high-performance Sort/Merge
      utility currently supports only 1, 2, 4, and 8-byte binary
      keys.

   o  1 to 31 (digits) for decimal data

   o  No value is necessary for floating point data
 

ASCENDING

   Orders the sorting operation in ascending alphabetical or
   numerical order. ASCENDING is the default order.
 

DESCENDING

   Orders the sorting operation in descending alphabetical or
   numerical order.
 

CHARACTER

   Specifies character data in the key field. CHARACTER is the
   default data type.
 

BINARY

   Specifies binary data in the key field.
 

SIGNED

   Specifies signed binary or decimal data in key field. SIGNED is
   the default for binary and decimal data.
 

UNSIGNED

   Specifies unsigned binary or decimal data in the key field.
 

F_FLOATING

   Specifies F_FLOATING format data in the key field.
 

D_FLOATING

   Specifies D_FLOATING format data in the key field.
 

G_FLOATING

   Specifies G_FLOATING format data in the key field.
 

H_FLOATING

   Specifies H_FLOATING format data in the key field.
   High-performance Sort/Merge: Not supported by the high-
   performance Sort/Merge utility.
 

S_FLOATING

   On Alpha and I64 systems, specifies IEEE S_FLOATING format data
   in the key field.
 

T_FLOATING

   On Alpha and I64 systems, specifies IEEE T_FLOATING format data
   in the key field.
 

DECIMAL

   Specifies decimal data in the key field.
 

TRAILING_SIGN

   Specifies trailing sign decimal data in the key field. TRAILING_
   SIGN is the default for decimal data.
 

LEADING_SIGN

   Specifies leading sign decimal data in the key field. The leading
   sign must be in the first position of the field and the field
   must be left zero padded.
 

OVERPUNCHED_SIGN

   Specifies overpunched decimal data in the key field. OVERPUNCHED_
   SIGN is the default for decimal data.
 

SEPARATE_SIGN

   Specifies separate sign decimal data in the key field.
 

ZONED

   Specifies zoned decimal data in the key field.
   High-performance Sort/Merge: Not supported by the high-
   performance Sort/Merge utility.
 

PACKED_DECIMAL

   Specifies packed decimal data in the key field.
 

NUMBER:n

   Specifies the order of priority of each key if you do not list
   multiple keys in the order of their priority. A value of 1 to 255
   may be specified.