RE: Query Question

It's been a long (really long) time since I've used Query, but there should
be an OUTFILE, and you should be able to file EQ the OUTFILE to a file
you've built that has a limited number of records...

Ray Shahan

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us, 
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us" 
                          --Author unknown

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Barrett [SMTP:bruce.barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:42 AM
> To:   Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject:      Query Question
> 
> We had a query run by our QA department that caused our development
> system to crash on Friday night.  The query created a file of over 100
> million records and was 20% of the 1.3 terabyte of storage.
> Is there a way to limit the size of a file a query can produce?  We do
> not know at this time, if the query was run in batch or interactively.
> We can not limit the size by profile, due to group profiles.
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Barrett
> PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.
> 3003 Oak Road
> Walnut Creek, CA 94597
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