[Bob Deskin]

On MPE, sorting is fairly straightforward. The size of QUIZSORT is 
determined from the REPORT LIMIT. The maximum is 2 gig records. Set this 
to what you need, rather than the maximum. QUIZ will write the records to 
be sorted to QUIZSORT. Then the sort kicks in and uses SORTSCR. But at 
this point the number of records is known. 

You may not have enough disk space to sort everything. The usual 
workaround is to output your sort key items to a subfile, sort the 
subfile, and then link the subfile back to the rest of the data. Use 
SORTED to set control breaks.

Bob



From:
lorcan-computers at fsmail.net
To:
powerhouse <powerh-l at lists.sowder.com>
Date:
2008-11-19 05:21 am
Subject:




I’m running a piece of QUIZ on a HP3000/MPEIX, against a huge dataset and 
I’m getting the following error
 
> GO
*E* There was a sort error.
*E* The Scratch file cannot be opened.
Sort error encountered: QUIZ terminating.
 
I’m guessing it’s something to do with the sort file size which will need 
to be increased, but I’m not sure
 
Any help would be appreciated-- 
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