Re: File w/Large Number of Members

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can you delete them as you go, rather than all at once? Or, could you
reuse members rather than creating new ones?

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  I hope that you are doing it in batch.  A member of a file, is really like
>  an object.  It's going to take time.
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>  Hello list,
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>  I'm working with an application that has a work file that builds up a
>  large number of members while the application is running.  It takes
>  several hours to complete.  I even bumped into IBM's restriction of no
>  more than 32,767 members in a physical file with this one.
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>  I'm have a minor issue with deleting the work file when I'm all done.
>  When the file has 30,000+ members in it, it can take more than an hour
>  for a DLTF to run.  Has anyone ever run across this before?  Are there
>  any tricks out there to speed up the file deletion process?
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>  Rich Loeber
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