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Brent Gillan <[log in to unmask]>
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Won't this only work if you run non-compiled source code ?

"Johnson, Tracy" wrote:

> (Cross posted to the Powerhouse List also.  FYI where I'm sure it's been hashed
> several times over.)
>
> I've had this problem too on the HP3000.  In many cases I can rely on the fact that the largest
> selection will not usually be larger than the largest data set.  There are some cases when
> multiple linkages will create a file many times bigger than the original, but for me, this is
> very rare.
>
> So at the beginning of a job I'll XEQ the following command file that uses MPEX:
>
> PARM FNAME
> RUN MAIN.PUB.VESOFT,MPEX;INFO="SETVAR REP_LIMIT VEFINFO('!FNAME').DBSETENTRIES"
> ECHO SET REPORT LIMIT !REP_LIMIT > REPLIMIT
>
> Where FNAME is the MPE file name of the largest dataset I'm extracting from.
>
> Then in Quiz, REPLIMIT is a USE file.  e.g.:
>
> >USE REPLIMIT
>
> Since it is a temporary file, it goes away when the job is done.
>
> So if you have a dataset that increases in entries over time, your Quiz report that is
> dependent on the number of data set entries, will increase also.
>
> I also use a different command file in QTP for PROCESS LIMITs.
>

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Brent Gillan
Aerocomp Solutions Inc.
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