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I'm not used to big machines and big files. The box has V3R2 and I think may be an ?F60? (its bigger than their development box, which they keep referring to as a 45). The file I am concerned with has 5 million records. I want to go through this file making selections based upon choices made for several fields. Normally I would use the RPG cycle and bang down through the file (no K), making the selection tests with the most limiting choice first, and as soon as a record fails, goto end of cycle. Any record that tumbled through that series of tests would be written to a workfile, with a key field made up with the sort-choices as made on the selection screen. Over 90% of the time the final work file will hold less that 10,000 records. I've done this a lot on smaller files and smaller machines. It offers a real easy front-end for the user and is flexible. But I have never done this on a 5 million record file. Am I about to make a fool of myself? -- ----------------------------------------------------------- boothm@earth.goddard.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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