>Read them into a stem 1000 or so at a time and process them or if you have a >~1G address space you can read the whole thing into storage.
IIRC, STEM. variables are below the line (still). So, the region won't help. (Of course, I could be wrong. But, I have blown virtual on reading large stems even with REGION=0M) - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
