Re: dumb VSAM KSDS & AIX question.

2017-08-31 Thread Scott Chapman
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 22:27:52 +0100, David W Noon wrote: >> the keys. Yes, I know, if this sort of thing is a requirement, we need Db2 >> (or is it DB2), but that is _never_ going to happen around here. > >It is DB2. But that isn't really necessary. Except they

Re: dumb VSAM KSDS & AIX question.

2017-08-30 Thread David W Noon
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:35:47 -0500, John Mckown (john.archie.mck...@gmail.com) wrote about "dumb VSAM KSDS & AIX question." (in <caajsdjimcsbansqo2xfgmfwsy22yfx8sm1ybznn+xi_zy5o...@mail.gmail.com>): > A programmer came by with a question. He asked if, when you are re

Re: dumb VSAM KSDS & AIX question.

2017-08-30 Thread Steve Smith
SORT, E35 exit. Don't even use an AIX/PATH, as it would probably just slow it down. sas On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 4:35 PM, John McKown wrote: > A programmer came by with a question. He asked if, when you are reading a > VSAM KSDS via an alternate index (PATH), to

dumb VSAM KSDS & AIX question.

2017-08-30 Thread John McKown
A programmer came by with a question. He asked if, when you are reading a VSAM KSDS via an alternate index (PATH), to have duplicates returned in base key order. I don't think that is possible. From examining the contents of the AIX records themselves, it appears to me that the base key for a