Original Message From: "John Gilmore"
Martin Packer's point is, of course, well taken.
Yours likewise! I got these kinds of optmization mandates because of CPU Hours and EXCPs it cost to run some batch jobs and CICS transactionsat my clients' service bureau.
Egregiously bad SQL can be the villain.
Indeed, and big, impressive gains can be made using ancient methods, writing no more than a few sort/merge exits :-)) Andreas F. Geissbuehler AFG Consultants Inc. http://www.afgc-inc.com/