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                  Aggregation-Sorted Key (ASK) Indexes
              
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                    - Use ASK Indexes for high-speed aggregations on metric 
                      values.
 
                    - Use ASK Indexes to combine multiple group-by columns with 
                      metric columns for aggregate calculations.
 
                    - Use ASK Indexes to retrieve records in sorted order from 
                      databases like flat files and TurboIMAGE, that do not have 
                      native sorted indexes.
 
                   
                  
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                    - Use ASK Indexes for linkage purposes on databases like 
                      flat files and POSIX flat files, that do not have indexes.
 
                    - Use ASK Indexes to retrieve rows in sorted order.
 
                    - Use ASK Indexes to retrieve rows qualified by an MDK Index 
                      in sorted order
 
                     
                   
                    
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