Date:         Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:29:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Claus Yeh <phoebe.caulfield42@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Claus Yeh <phoebe.caulfield42@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Sort Large Dataset
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Dear SAS users,

I know this is a common question.  I have googled but could not find a
good solution.

basically I have a huge dataset ~7GB with 3 variables and 2 billion
observations.   I just need to sort it by one variable.

What is the best solution for my task?

thank you so much
claus