Re: FMTSRC

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Here's one for the old-timers.  Remember FMTSRC for sort specs?  Here's my 
>problem:
>
> Records are selected on the basis of year (YY).  A field has been added at 
>the end of the record for century (CC).
>
> Many of the select statements are:
>
>    I C       54  55  GTC99
>
> How would I change this so that column 54, 55, 117, and 118 are treated as 
>(117:118:54:55)?  any ideas?

there was an article in the latest midrange computing about those kind of 
sorts, and using forced fields.  some really
cool ways to do it, with the yy field only.

i don't quite understand what you want to do - like your example here would 
never happen, right?  (it would never be
greater than 99, cause 00 is next!)

nj

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