{"id":48,"category_id":1,"slug":"qsort","type":null,"name":"QSORT","code":"SOR","content":"<p><strong>Sorting records within CICS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>CICS\/QSORT<\/strong>&nbsp;is a facility for online sorting within CICS. CICS\/QSORT sorts a temporary storage queue of records up to 1,000 characters.<\/p>\r\n<p>Up to ten sort fields are allowed. Queues of several thousand records can be sorted efficiently without impacting other CICS applications.<\/p>\r\n<p>The CICS application program builds the temporary storage queue and links to&nbsp;CICS\/QSORT.&nbsp;CICS\/QSORT&nbsp;sorts the records and returns to the application program which reads the sorted queue.<\/p>\r\n<p>CICS\/QSORT's techniques are fully compatible with the CICS operating environment.<\/p>\r\n<p>There are no hooks into or modifications of CICS.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","summary":"","featured":0,"status":1,"passwords":1,"extended_info":"0","deleted_at":null,"created_at":"2017-11-14T23:21:28.000000Z","updated_at":"2017-11-30T22:04:46.000000Z","sorted_releases":[{"id":1023,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"3.1","notes":"<br><ul><li>This release begins usage for the MacKinney License Keys software to manage license keys. Zapping the password&nbsp;is no longer required. Reference&nbsp;the <span class=\"fontstyle2\">MacKinney License Key Usage Guide <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">manual for information on&nbsp;<\/span>installing QSort Release 3.1 and later license keys.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n<p><br><\/p>","released_on":"2025-10-29T21:39:25.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":64,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.8","notes":"<p>This is a maintenance-only release.<\/p>","released_on":"2008-12-11T01:10:01.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":65,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.7","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This version introduces support for 16-byte Temporary Storage Queue (TSQ) names.<\/li>\n <li>Newer compilers were used to create the loadmods and phases. For VSE, IBM COBOL FOR VSE\/ESA 1.1.1 was used. For OS\/390 and z\/OS, COBOL for OS\/390 & VM 2.1.2 was used. For backward compatibility, the LE\/370 from VSE\/ESA 2.3 was used. For OS\/390 and z\/OS, the LE\/370 version from OS\/390 2.5 was used. <em>Note: Your CICS system must include LE runtime support. Your operating system should be at least at the VSE\/ESA 2.3 or OS\/390 2.5 release levels. If you do not meet these minimum requirements, you must run an older release of QSort.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2006-11-07T23:21:28.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":66,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.6","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This version is COBOL II only-no 24-bit loadlib programs are supplied. If 24-bit programs are required, continue to use release 2.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2002-01-07T23:21:28.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":67,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.5","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Changed installation procedure to zap supplied program SMQSORTC instead of requiring customer to compile it. This was done to reduce problems with compatibility levels between COBOL compilers at install time. No other changes or fixes were applied to the programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1999-01-26T23:21:28.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":68,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.4","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added program SMQSORTC for entry of passwords and options.<\/li>\n <li>Shipped SMQSORTA and SMQSORTB object code only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1996-01-19T23:21:28.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}],"releases":[{"id":64,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.8","notes":"<p>This is a maintenance-only release.<\/p>","released_on":"2008-12-11T01:10:01.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":65,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.7","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This version introduces support for 16-byte Temporary Storage Queue (TSQ) names.<\/li>\n <li>Newer compilers were used to create the loadmods and phases. For VSE, IBM COBOL FOR VSE\/ESA 1.1.1 was used. For OS\/390 and z\/OS, COBOL for OS\/390 & VM 2.1.2 was used. For backward compatibility, the LE\/370 from VSE\/ESA 2.3 was used. For OS\/390 and z\/OS, the LE\/370 version from OS\/390 2.5 was used. <em>Note: Your CICS system must include LE runtime support. Your operating system should be at least at the VSE\/ESA 2.3 or OS\/390 2.5 release levels. If you do not meet these minimum requirements, you must run an older release of QSort.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2006-11-07T23:21:28.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":66,"parent_id":null,"product_id":48,"release":"2.6","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>This version is COBOL II only-no 24-bit loadlib programs are supplied. 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