Input Command [I]. Robelle Suprtool 5.7

Input Command [I]

Specifies the primary input source and the name of the key field by which it is sorted.

INPUT filename [ BY key-field ]

There can be only one Input file per linkage task, but up to seven Link files. The

Input file should be created by Suprtool using the Output-Link option and must be sorted by key-field. The key field can be any type, except for Real or Long. The primary Input file may have more than one record per key value, and each record may appear in the Output file.

It is best to have Suprtool Extract only the fields you will actually need, since if any of the Suprtool extracts result in enormous Output files, the time to do the sort may be prohibitive.

The BY-clause is only necessary when the Input file has been created using the

Suprtool Output-Query option instead of the Output-Link option. Output-Link adds the sort field information to the self-describing file, so that you do not have to specify it in a BY clause.

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