On Thu, 13 May 1999 14:22:40 -0400, Michael Berkowitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I don't know of any free report writer for Ksam files, but if you want a >dump of a file for a key value you can use FCOPY. > >:FCOPY FROM=ksamfile;TO=;SUBSET="char string",start key column > It's been a while since I've done extensive work with KSAM files, but I seem to recall that with CM KSAM, if the records do not need to be retrieved in key order, you can significantly speed up the FCOPY by adding ;KEY=0. I think that forces FCOPY to ignore the key file and to sequentially read the data file. Lots less I/O that running down a key's path in the key file and picking up the corresponding data records.