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rasprasads · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject: Internal Tables - Clarification

I have declared the following internal table :

Glenn · Beginner Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 56 Topics: 3

The ASCENDING clause does not sort the data, merely specifies to the system to expect the data to be sorted for purposes of the SEARCH ALL.

rasprasads · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

Glenn,

Thanks a lot for the information.
Then i should sort the table first before going to the SEARCH ALL. Right ?
Meanwhile which is the best way to SORT internal tables ?
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Rasprasad S

CaptBill · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 3:08 pm Post subject:

You are responsible for ensuring that the data in the table is in either ascending or descending order, so yes you must sort it before loading the table.

Personally I would have a step prior to running the program which sorts the table into the desired sequence. DFSORT, SYNCSORT or some other sort tool will do the job. You could also build a routine in the program to sort the table data, but that just adds complexity to the program.