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This seems to be the simplest way. I can add a field containing a
random number plus the record number and use a logical over it.

Thanks everyone.

Albert

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have a couple procedures which are based on the CEERANO api; one to generate random numbers, another to generate random strings. Do you have a field in your 12 million record file for storing a random value? If not, consider generating a new table with one column containing a random value, and another field containing a sequential number representing the record number of the other file.

-Nathan.



________________________________
 From: Albert York <alfromme@xxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 12:58 PM
Subject: Randomizing records in a file

I have a file that contains around 12 million records. I need a way to
randomize the order of the file in the most efficient method. Does
anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Albert
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