OMIT

The following parameters of this DFSORT control statement are supported in MFSORT and MFJSORT:

>--OMIT--COND=-.--(logical-expression)-.----------.--.-------<<
               |                       +-FORMAT=f-+  |
               +---ALL-------------------------------+
               |                                     |
               +---NONE------------------------------+

The following options for the logical-expression field are supported:

>--relational-condition1--.----------------------------------------.---<<
                          | +-------------------.---------------+  |
                          | V                                   |  |
                          +-.-,-.-AND-.--,relational-condition2-.--.
                                +-OR--+

The following options for the relational-expression field are supported:

>--.-(p1,m1.---------.,binary-operator,-.-p2,m2,format-.)----------------.-->
   |       +-,format-+                  +-constant-----+                 |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,.-----.-.-EQ-.-,-.-constant-.-)------------------------------+
   |        +-SS,-+ +-NE-+   +-NUM------+                                |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,format,-.-EQ-.-,-NUM)----------------------------------------|
   |                +-NE-+                                               |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,-.----.-,-bit-operator,-mask)--------------------------------|
   |         +-BI-+                                                      |
   |                                                                     |
   +-(p1,m1,-.-------------.-,-binary-operator,-.-p2,m2,-.------------.)-+
             +-date-format-+                    |        +date-format-+ 
                                                +-constant------------+

The following field formats are supported, where applicable:

Field Supported formats
Binary-operator EQ, GE, GT, LE, LT, NE.
Bit-operator ALL, BM, BNM, BNO, BNZ, BO, BZ, NONE, NOTALL, NOTNONE, NOTSOME, SOME.
Date-format Y2B, Y2C, Y2D, Y2P, Y2S, Y2T, Y2U, Y2V, Y2W, Y2X, Y2Y, Y2Z, Y2TP, Y2UP, Y2VP, Y2WP, Y2XP, Y2YP.
Format AQ, BI, CH, CLO, CSF, CSL, CST, CTO, FI, FL, FS, LS, OL, OT, PD, PD0, SB, SS, TS, ZD.

Limitations:

The maximum field length when comparing two fields that have the same format and the same length:

Format MFJSORT DFSORT and SYNCSORT
All 256 256
CH (only when EBCDIC) 128 n/a

The maximum field length when comparing two fields that have the same format and differing lengths.

Format MFJSORT DFSORT and SYNCSORT
CH 128 256
TS, CST 19 256
ZD, OT, CTO, OL, CLO, LS, CSL 18 256
FS, CSF 18 32
PD 10 255
PD0 8 8
BI, FI 8 256