It's not so much DB2, which can be used efficiently, as it is the clots who cannot be bothered to learn to do so.
The practical effects are of course the same, but the distinction is worth making because the remedies are not the same. In my experience the use of a sort to post process DB2 outputs reflects incompetent SQL. Claims that it is 'required', 'more efficient', and the like turn out upon examination to be specious. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
