FastSort Manual

Contents
FastSort Manual—429834-003
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Figures
Example 6-1. C Example of a Parallel Sort Run 6-15
Example 6-2. COBOL85 Example of a Parallel Sort Run 6-20
Example 6-3. TAL Example of a Parallel Sort Run 6-23
Figures
Figure i. Related Manuals x
Figure 1-1. FastSort Operations 1-2
Figure 1-2. FastSort Components 1-5
Figure 4-1. Sorting and Merging With Input and Output Files 4-4
Figure 4-2. Sending Input Records From an Application Process 4-6
Figure 4-3. Returning Sorted Records to an Application Process 4-7
Figure 4-4. Sending and Receiving Records From an Application Process 4-8
Figure 5-1. Sending and Receiving Unblocked Records 5-7
Figure 5-2. Sending and Receiving Blocked Records 5-8
Figure 6-1. Parallel Sorting 6-2
Figure 8-1. Parallel Loading Data Into a Partitioned Index Table 8-8
Figure 9-1. How FastSort Reads Scratch Volume DEFINEs 9-4
Figure 9-2. Partitioned Scratch Files in Parallel Sorting 9-9
Tables
Table 1-1. FastSort Interactive Commands 1-6
Table 1-2. FastSort System Procedures 1-7
Table 2-1. Extended Memory Used by FastSort 2-12
Table 4-1. FastSort System Procedures 4-1
Table 5-1. SORTBUILDPARM scratchvols Structure 5-5
Table 5-2. Expanded NEWPROCESS Structure 5-28
Table 5-3.
Key-Field Definitions 5-31
Table 5-4.
SORTMERGESTART flags Parameter Bits 5-32
Table 5-5. SORTMERGESTATISTICS statistics Structure 5-39
Table 9-1.
How FastSort Chooses Scratch Volumes 9-6
Table C-1. Summary of Output File Types C-1
Table D-1.
ASCII Character Set D-1
Table E-1.
FastSort Limits E-1