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VMS Help CONVERT, file, Qualifiers, /SORT *Conan The Librarian |
Specifies whether the input file is to be sorted before being
loaded into an indexed file. The sort is done according to the
primary key of the output file.
Format
/SORT [=FORCE] (DEFAULT)
/NOSORT
Two procedures can improve the sort performance:
o Increasing the size of the working set for the duration of the
sort.
o Placing the input file, the output file, and the temporary
work files on separate disk devices.
By default, when there is a single indexed input file with
the same primary key definition as the output file, CONVERT
does not perform a sort of the primary key. If you specify the
keyword FORCE, it forces a sorting operation for the primary key.
If you specify /NOSORT with /FAST_LOAD, only the SORT of the
primary key is disabled. Alternate or secondary keys are
always sorted. The /NOSORT qualifier is useful when you know
the input file is already in primary key order.
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