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sreenigacc
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Hi all,
by using internal sort how many records can we handle maximum in the program ?
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Anuj Dhawan
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When you run an external sort the entire address space is dedicated to the sort process. This means that outside the sort program itself all of the storage is used for buffers for the sort strings.
With an internal sort less storage is available to the sort since the application program and any other elements (DB2 MQ etc.) take up some of that storage.
If the amount of data is small the difference in available storage is insignificant. The sort will run just as fast. In fact doing all the work in a program can be more efficient because the JCL allocation/deallocation steps are done once instead of once for the sort step and once for the program step.
So, "Which one is better" - This has long been a question as it relates to efficiency. The answer, actually, depends on how much data needs to be sorted and does not have some straight forward answer. The internal sort is simply an invocation of the same SORT utility that is JCL initiated (external sort). |
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Anuj Dhawan
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If you are a DFSORT user, see the following for more information on using DFSORT from COBOL vs directly: publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ICE1CT10/6.0?DT=20080528173317
Something you might be intrested in:
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| The way in which COBOL interfaces with DFSORT depends on the use of COBOL features such as FASTSRT, NOFASTSRT, USING, GIVING and INPUT and OUTPUT PROCEDUREs, and DFSORT features such as COBOL exits and DFSORT control statements. In general, the features you use are dictated by the needs of your application. But in many cases, an application can achieve its results using one or another of these features, that is, you have a choice. This chapter describes some of the COBOL and DFSORT features you can choose and the performance and productivity implications of doing so. |
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