Author: Bill Woodger
Subject: Reply to: Joinkeys with decimal
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:34 am (GMT 5.5)
What do you mean the A is ignored unless SORTED is specified?
SORTED tells DFSORT that the data is already in sequence, so the sub-task can run a COPY operation.
Even then the A is still relevant, as unless NOSEQCK is specified, there is sequence checking, for which you need to know whether the sequence is A(scending) or D(escending).
If you don't specify SORTED, the A (or D) is 100% and utterly vital. If you are going to SORT something, you need to know the "direction".
Subject: Reply to: Joinkeys with decimal
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:34 am (GMT 5.5)
What do you mean the A is ignored unless SORTED is specified?
SORTED tells DFSORT that the data is already in sequence, so the sub-task can run a COPY operation.
Even then the A is still relevant, as unless NOSEQCK is specified, there is sequence checking, for which you need to know whether the sequence is A(scending) or D(escending).
If you don't specify SORTED, the A (or D) is 100% and utterly vital. If you are going to SORT something, you need to know the "direction".