RE: Fastest way to delete records.

The application users won't know the difference - so perhaps the 
reorganization can take place at a more appropriate time (like 2am).  It 
depends on how 'available' the file has to be.  Perhaps the file should be 
set to REUSEDLT(*YES) as well, which can minimize the need to reorganize.

Regards,
Rich

At 01:13 PM 2/8/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Also ... the big time consumer is still there .. REORGING THE FILES .. to
>recover the DASD..! .. This process is dependent on the number of Logical
>files as well as the size of the original physical file! .. This is still my
>favored archiving solution.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rich Duzenbury [mailto:rduz@westernmidrange.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:23 PM
>To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Fastest way to delete records.
>
>
>Whoops, I forgot to add: Delete the 'K' on Terry.Rhoades example file specs
>so the files will process in arrival sequence!
>
>Regards,
>Rich
>
>
> >>H
> >>FORIGFILE  UP   E           K DISK
> >>FBKUPFILE  O    E           K DISK
> >>C                   IF        TIMESTAMP <=  YYYYMMDD
> >>C                   WRITE     BKUPFILE
> >>C                   DELETE    ORIGFILE
> >>C                   ENDIF
> >>
> >>
> >>It's not pretty, and it's not the fastest.   But if you compile it and
> >>run it in batch, it will be done before everyone is finished
> >>discussing it.  <G>
>
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Regards,
Rich

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