Suggestion: SEQNUM=RANDOM

Claes Norreen · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:01 pm

Hi,

Recently I had a requirement to sort a dataset in a random order. So I have a suggestion to make an option to SEQNUM keyword, eq.: SEQNUM,6,ZD,RANDOM. This example should generate a random number between 1 and 999999 (I leave the details to the developers...)

This way I can sort on the SEQNUM in pass 2, and athieve a random order of records in the dataset.

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:14 am

I'll add your requirement to the list of possible candidates for future enhancements to DFSORT when I get back from vacation next week. But it's a long list!