Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:12:04 -0400
Reply-To:     Nathaniel_Wooding@DOM.COM
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From:         Nathaniel Wooding <Nathaniel_Wooding@DOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to speed up a SAS process?
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One further method for possibly speeding the process would be to break your
file into 3 or 4 subsets and sort each independently. Then rebuild the
large file by interleaving it

Data big;
set small1 small2 small3;
by  index1 index2 etc   ;

Of course, it might also be a good time to ask whether you need to move to
a computer with a lot more horsepower and memory.

Nat Wooding