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I thought I understood this but apparently I don't.

I have a physical and logical file with the following specs:

UNIQUE R FASA809 TEXT('List Workfile') -------------------------------------------------------
record layout here: SLWID 6S 0 COLHDG('Absence ID') SLW# 6S 0 COLHDG('Seq. Number') SLWSN 9S 0 COLHDG('Sub SSN')
K SLWID
K SLW#
The logical file looks like:

UNIQUE
R FASA809 PFILE(PASA809)

K SLWID
K SLWSN


The physical file has a randomly generated number in field SLW# and since the keys are SLWID and then SLW# in that order. I would expect the file to be ordered that way when I open it up in Query or a simple select with no ordering in SQL. However, the file is always ordered in arrival sequence. If I read through this file, I see the records in the order in which they were written in the file. I *expected* them to be ordered by the key sequence.

What did I miss or misunderstand?

Thanks

Pete


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