RE: a strange RPG program

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

It is my understanding that FMTDTA is still very effective on large file sorts, 
yes.

It is also my understanding that you can define workfields in OPNQRYF and then 
use the workfields for sorting.  The workfields can, I believe, be filled by 
substringing any defined fields.

Do not bet the family farm on those two comments though.  Others much more 
knowledgable than me will answer, I feel sure.


In <01BE76A2.09AC0300.rdubson@kcata.org>, on 03/25/99 
   at 09:29 AM, Ron Dubson <rdubson@kcata.org> said:


>boothm@ibm.net: I was able to solve my problem but thanks anyway. It is
>my  understanding that FMTDTA has some advantages over OPNQRYF when the
>file  being sorted is very large (over 100K records). Also, OPNQRYF can
>only sort  on the fields in the DDS, not on subfields - isn't that
>so?

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