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I posted it on the DB2 list some days ago, and if you don't mind, I post it
here, too, because it's the same topic.

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The mainframe variant of this product is z/OS batch, and it runs very fast. No
need to inserts tabs or commas in a second step ...

Thank you

Bernd Oppolzer



Am 26.02.2015 um 00:42 schrieb T.:
> I'd certainly prefer zOS/batch/DFSORT.  Unload the table to FB disk,
use DF/SORT to insert x'05'(tab) or comma(CSV) where desired.
I do this quite often to create a flat file that will eventually go back
to MS excel/access.  Millions of records? No big deal.