Re: Sorting large file

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leif, 

it depends...and I'm presuming some sort of external definition is
possible, if not just creat one with divied up alpha fields, or make one
large with a SST that is the key...(scratching head, I think I can use a
SST in a KFLD:)

One time only?  SQL,OPNQRYF,  FMTDTA, LF in that order

Recurring need?  LF

Want to annoy users and eat alot of client and cpu time:  Bubble sort...:)

If using COBOL:  use the SORT USING GIVING constructs....(really annoyed a
prof at Clemson when I did that years ago...sorry (expletive deleted)
didn't expect that someone would read something besides his boring 
text...:)

Don in DC

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On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I have a sequential file of 10,000,000 80-character text records.
> How do I sort the file the most efficiently?
> 
> Leif
> 
> 
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