Thanks, Lizette. We're using DFSORT with z/OS V1.11.
Bye for now, John On 13 October 2011 13:22, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > > We are sorting a very large file and it's taking about fourteen hours. I > remember that > > there used to be a technique whereby the sort wrote out a list of record > addresses and > > an application program could read the list to access the records in the > desired > > sequence. > > > > Does anyone know if there is still a way of doing this ? > > > > Thanks > > Could you provide the z/OS level you are running? > Sort product? Syncosrt release, CA SORT release, or DFSORT > > And whether or not you are doing your own sort processing rather than using > DFSORT, SYNCSORT, or CA Sort? > > Each product might have a slight (very slight) different way of doing this. > > Or did you write your own sorting process? Not using a vendor product. > > Lizette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- John Blythe Reid, Técnico de Sistemas de z/OS y de Sistemas Transaccionales, Barcelona, España. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
