Great minds! Wow I knew about SAMPLED but it didn't occur to me that it could be used concurrently with SAMPLE. Nice! I'll give that try.
Thanks guys! Perry -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Noah Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:21 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] Record Sampling for File Sizing Diagnostics I probably hit Send within milliseconds of you. :-) Charlie On 06-11-2013 11:15 AM, Charles Stevenson wrote: > SAMPLED keyword with a D on the end will go thru the entire file. > SAMPLED 1000 will get every thousandth record as it reads through the file. > SAMPLED 1000 SAMPLE 2000 will do the same, but then stop after it builds a > list of 2000. That is, after it's read thru the 1st 2 million keys. > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Perry Taylor <perry.tay...@zirmed.com>wrote: > >> I have several *very* large files on which I need to perform some file >> sizing diagnostics. Rather than repeatedly running HASH.AID against these >> files is there a good way to sample say 2-3 million records to copy into a >> test file? SAMPLE will only grab the first n records in hash order and I'm >> thinking that would not necessarily be a good representative sample of the >> file's contents. Am I up in the night thinking this is the case? Is there >> a better way to get a good sample of records for this purpose? >> >> Thanks. >> Perry >> >> Perry Taylor >> Senior MV Architect >> ZirMed >> 888 West Market Street, Suite 400 >> Louisville, KY 40202 >> www.zirmed.com<http://www.zirmed.com/> >> >> >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any >> attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) >> and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is >> prohibited. ZirMed, Inc. has strict policies regarding the >> content of e-mail communications, specifically Protected Health >> Information, any communications containing such material will >> be returned to the originating party with such advisement >> noted. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >> the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the >> original message. >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
