Define size of sort buffer (SORTCORE)

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[SORTCORE IS n]

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n

Number of main memory pages for the sort buffer in 4-Kbyte units;
the value range for n is predefined by the SORT.

Default value: 150

The BS2000 utility routine SORT is used by BCHECK in sort checking to sort the check records (see the “SORT (BS2000)“ manual).
The SORTCORE statement is used to determine the amount of main memory space used for the sort buffer of the SORT utility routine (see the “SORT (BS2000)“ manual). It is optional for sort checking.

The data population for sorting is the same as that on which the size of Work-file-2 is based (see section “Work-file-2”, chapter "System environment").