Re: Sort Subfile

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious:  why not load the subfile into an array and then do SORTA 
and reload the subfile?

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> Not the subfile space.
> Subfiles are such old code that nobody at IBM wants to touch it; and they
> certainly don't want us playing with it either.
>
> The way I do that is to load the subfile into a data structure array that is
> based on a users pace. The user space with auto-extend allows the array to grow
> as needed (up to 16MB).
>
> Then you can use QSORT to sort the elements of the Data Structure array.
> I've written a number of articles on this topic over the years in my free
> newsletter.
> http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc/.2e3b409f
>
>
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGWorld.com
> May 21 to 23, 2007 - Las Vegas.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Young
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:32 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Sort Subfile
>
> What is the best method for sorting a subfile in ILE RPG.
> Can I use QSORT and somehow point to the subfile space?
>
> Thanks,
>  
> Jeff Young 
> Sr. Programmer Analyst
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