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
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
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
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