> Why SORT rather than IEBGENER? > o I wouldn't expect Kolusu to suggest anything else.
Gil, It is true that I am more inclined towards SORT as I am a developer of it but at the same time, I am a firm believer of using right tool for the right job. In this case SORT definitely outperforms IEBGENER > o A co-worker long ago told me that SYNCGENR outperforms IEBGENER. For the record the DFSORT's version of ICEGENER also outperforms IEBGENER Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN