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SORT JOIN – TO JOIN TWO FILES BASED ON A KEY

We can make use of SORT to join two files and writes records from both files

1. Both Files Matching Records (Inner Join)

Write only records that match on key from both files.

//STEP01 EXEC PGM=SORT

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTJNF1 DD DSN=INPUT.FILE.ONE,DISP=SHR
//SORTJNF2 DD DSN=INPUT.FILE.TWO,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=OUTPUT.FILE,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// SPACE=(CYL,(100,200),RLSE),
// DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0,LRECL=80)
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,71,F2:1,9)
/*

Here both the files have keys at 1-10. And only the matching records are wri en into output file.

REFORMAT fields tells the sort on what fields to be wri en into output file from the input files.

2. Both Files Matching Records + Non Matching from File1 (Left outer join)

//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOIN UNPAIRED,F1
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,71,F2:1,9)
/*

3. Non Matching from File1

//SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=COPY

JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOIN UNPAIRED,F1,ONLY
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,71)
/*

4. Both Files Matching Records + Non Matching from File2(Right outer join)

//SYSIN DD *
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SORT FIELDS=COPY
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOIN UNPAIRED,F2
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,71,F2:1,9)
/*

5. Non Matching from File2

//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOIN UNPAIRED,F2,ONLY
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F2:1,9)
/*

6. Both Files Matching Records + Non Matching from both files

//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,10,A)
JOIN UNPAIRED,F1,F2
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,71,F2:1,9)
/*

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