Answer / mdv

If you are only arranging fields in the record, your sort
product will treat PS , PSD member or GDG file in the same
way. By the way , what you are saying here is a GDG
generation.


Remember, the terms generation and version have special and
specific meaning in the context of GDGs.

HTH

Thanks,
Vasanth

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