VMS Help  —  RDML72  Statements  SORTED_BY, Examples
    The following programs demonstrate the use of the SORT clause
    using the default sort order, ascending. These programs:

    o  Sort the records in CURRENT_INFO using SALARY as the sort key

    o  Sort in ascending order because no sort order is specified

    o  Print the last names and salaries stored in the sorted records

1  –  C Example

    #include <stdio.h>
    DATABASE PERS = FILENAME "PERSONNEL";

    main()
    {
    READY PERS;
    START_TRANSACTION READ_ONLY;

    FOR CI IN CURRENT_INFO
       SORTED BY CI.SALARY
          printf ("%s $%f\n",CI.LAST_NAME, CI.SALARY);
    END_FOR;

    COMMIT;
    FINISH;
    }

2  –  Pascal Example

    program sort_single_field (input,output);
    DATABASE PERS = FILENAME 'PERSONNEL';

    begin
    READY PERS;
    START_TRANSACTION READ_ONLY;

    FOR CI IN CURRENT_INFO
       SORTED BY CI.SALARY
          writeln (CI.LAST_NAME, ' $', CI.SALARY :10:2);
    END_FOR;

    COMMIT;
    FINISH;
    end.
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