Re: Sorting sequentil files

[Alan Rosenthal <ahr@MSI.COM>]

Can you use the database's select statement to do the
calculation for you?  If so then you can sort on this
field.

alan

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At 11:15 AM 6/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
>     I have a report requirement which must be sorted by a
>     calculated value base on the input records from the
>     database.
>     I read the data from the database,calculate the value and
>     write it to a file. Is there any method for sorting the file
>     or any third party software available.
>
>

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