RE: Problems with Query on V4R5

I always thought that the default ordering was by RRN if no other order was
specified.  Even when I have selected one key field, the secondary sort
seems to always be RRN after that key.  That is if memory serves me
correctly.  For example, doing a RUNQRY over a logical file has always shown
me the records in RRN order which was not the keyed order of the logical.
This used to bother me when I first started using RUNQRY because I figured
that the machine should be smart enough to use the key of the logical that I
was querying.  After all, that is why I asked it to query the logical
instead of the physical.  Of course I quickly "got over it" and have assumed
RRN order by default ever since.



Joe Giusto II
Programmer/Analyst
Ritz Camera
Beltsville, MD
301-419-3209 x347
410-813-2812 x347

 -----Original Message-----
From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Rolf Mittag
Sent:   Thursday, June 14, 2001 3:22 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Problems with Query on V4R5

I think it has to do with how SQL works, as
the eSeries iSeries now is an SQL-machine.
SQL does not retrieve records in an ordered
sequence unless it's explicitly specified with
"order by".

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