SORTPGM=

SORTPGM=

Specifies which sort utility to use

Default: BEST

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window

Category: Sort: SORT

OS/390 specifics: all

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Syntax

SORTPGM=utility | BEST | HOST | SAS

utility: can be any valid operating environment name that specifies the name of an accessible utility, except one of the three keywords for this option.
BEST: specifies a choice of sort utility of the data being sorted. The choice is made based on a comparison of the value of the SORTCUTP= option and a calculation of the number of bytes being sorted. If the number of bytes exceeds the value of SORTCUTP=, then the host sort utility is used. Otherwise, the SAS sort utility is used.

Details

The host sort utility may be more suitable than the sort utility supplied by SAS for SAS data sets that contain a large number of observations.

The name of the host sort utility is also given by the SORTNAME= system option.

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Default:	BEST
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	Sort: SORT
OS/390 specifics:	all