× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. RPG400-L
  3. July 2002

Re: Cycle is broken (V4R5)

Rich,

>Oh, I'm a bit of a dinosaur, too.  I sneak in a FMTDTA every now and
>again.  Some decades ago, I wrote a little pre-processor so I could use
>field names in the sort source instead of from and through positions.

And since OPNQRYF added the ALWCPYDTA(*OPTIMIZE) option several releases back
(was it in V2R?, I forget...), you now can have the speed advantages of FMTDTA
with the ability to just name fields instead of positions.  With *OPTIMIZE, the
query engine will make an intelligent decision on whether or not to use access
paths, and if not, perform the same sort as FMTDTA.  Best of both worlds.

Doug

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.