The question stated "I have a large file that is sorted in ascending order by a date field, YYYYMMDD". So I must assume it is already in sequence od date.
Terry Draper zSeries Performance Consultant [email protected] mobile: +66 811431287 --- On Wed, 29/9/10, Staller, Allan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Staller, Allan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: SORT question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 29 September, 2010, 15:05 At E15 time, the file has not yet been sorted. <snip> Maybe try using an E15 exit to read the input file. Stop passing the records when you reach the date higher than required.. I am not sure how I would pass the date to the E15. Could it be a parm. Or it could be read from a separate single record input file on first pass through the E15. Any comments on this? </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
