On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Pat Shugart wrote:

> Anyone got any ideas on how to shorten the length of time it takes to run
> this job? I thought I read somewhere that you can copy the original file to
> a flat file, build the new file in the temp domain, then copy the original
> records back into it at a substantial gain in speed. I also heard it has
> something to do with the transaction manager only attaching itself to files
> in the permanent domain. Is this true? Or is the real problem in the number
> of keys and records in the file?

I've also had some speed success on large NM KSAM files, using a similar
procedure.  I RENAMED the original file to something else, reBUILT it with
the bigger size.  Then FCOPY'ed the from the renamed original into the new
file.

Tracy Johnson
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