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  • Subject: Re: Fastest way to delete records.
  • From: "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:07:10 -0800
  • Organization: Progressive Data Systems, Inc.

Jim,

Dang it, I've got to start reading the follow-ups before I respond ;)

In this case, I, too, would vote for the one time cost of building a permanent 
index.

Jim Langston wrote:

> James,
>
> It was stated that this would be run monthly or semi monthly.  Yes, for a one 
>time
> shot, I would just go through the records and compare each individually, then 
>copy
> and delete the ones that are needed.
>
> Since he needs to do this on a regular basis, though, ones the logical file 
>is built
> it won't take any appreciable time to maintain it, so the next time he uses 
>this
> procedure there won't be the logical build overhead.
>

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