On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:10:48 -0700, Frank Yaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tom Marchant wrote on 09/09/2006 02:52:16 PM: >>>That won't work if the EQUALS function is needed. >>> >>You lost me with that one, Frank. I don't see how anything is lost if you >>sort a 5 digit packed decimal as a 3 byte binary as opposed to a 2 and a >>half byte binary. > >The EQUALS functions says you want records with equally collating keys to >be sorted in their original order.... I see. Thanks. It also occured to me after I sent that question that if this is the first of two sort keys, you might get different results. Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html