[also posted to PowerHouse list]

Environment:

  PowerHouse  8.39.C1
  HP e3000 MPE/iX 7.5

Is there any way go get QTP to use KSAM 64 instead of KSAM XL when
creating an indexed subfile?

I have a programmer who ran into trouble with a QTP run trying to create
a large indexed subfile.  The record size is 556 bytes, and the length
of the index is 42 bytes.  With a SIZE of 5,000,000 it works.  With a
size of 7,000,000 it fails.  With this size, the file exceeds the
maximum size of a KSAM XL file, which is approximately 4 GiB.

I suggested trying to force the file to be KSAM 64 by issuing a FILE
command:

  :FILE fname;KSAM64

He reported that it didn't work.  It appeared that the FILE command was
not honored.

I then suggested building the subfile prior to the QTP run:

:BUILD fname;REC=-556,7,F,ASCII;DISC=7000000; &
KSAM64;KEY=(B,515,42,DUP);ULABEL=20;CODE=644

He says this didn't work either.

Searching the COGNOS knowledge database, I found the following:

1.  PowerHouse versions 8.39 and older does not support KSAM64 files.

2.  KSAM64 files are supported in PowerHouse for 8.49C.  They are
specified as KSAMXL [sic] in PDL.

3.  KSAM64 files are supported in PowerHouse for 8.49D.  They are
specified as ORGANIZATION INDEXED TYPE KSAM64 in PDL.

I have two questions:

Q1.  Is there any way to get this to work in version 8.39?

Q2.  When the New Features document says that KSAM64 files are supported
in 8.49D, does that also mean that PowerHouse will use KSAM64, when
necessary, for a large indexed subfile?  (If so, this would be one more
reason for us to upgrade.)

Thanks.

Walter  

Walter J. Murray

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