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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > "new" base record with a given alternate key is just placed at the end of > 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. > > -- > Caution! The OP is an hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist and this email may > cause stress to those with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
