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Message Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 @ 16:57:34 GMT

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The BTEQ Command sequence:

     .SET RETLIMIT 10
     SEL * FROM DBC.Logonoff;

will limit the output to 10 rows but the DBS will still return all elements, so there can be a long delay before we return to the prompt. Typically, you want to use the RETCANCEL command along with RETLIMIT....

     .SET RETCANCEL ON
     .SET RETLIMIT 10
     SEL * FROM DBC.Logonoff;

This will cancel the request after the RETLIMIT value is exceeded.

The only time when you don't want to do this is if you are executing a multistatement request. In this case you will want to set RETCANCEL OFF (the default) to allow each statement to execute and process records up to the set limit.

Note that the minimum return is one row. You cannot eliminate output entirely with RETCANCEL.

-dave.clark

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