Sort stage functionality

Supported Functionality

The Sort stage has the following functionality and benefits:

Supports NLS (National Language Support).
Supports an option to sort per column using a collating sequence map.
Supports an option to request a stable sort. A stable sort preserves the input order of rows that compare as equal.
Logs messages to report nonfatal warnings that can impact loss of precision of sorted data.
Supports performance tuning parameters for efficient sorting, thus limiting virtual memory use.

Unsupported Functionality

The following functionality is not supported:

Bulk loading for stream input links
Stored procedures