Re: CHAIN versus SETLL

[Jim Welsh <jimwelsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

boothm@earth.goddard.edu wrote:
> 
> Don't you need to do a setll,
>  then do a read,
>  then do a compare to your key,
>  to see if the record you seek is actually there?
> 
> Whereas, with a chain you need only hit the file's index to set on the
> no-hit indicator?
> 
> In <3381E148.184E@slomins.com>, on 05/20/97
>    at 10:37 AM, Wayne Achenbaum <wache@vicomnet.com> said:
> 
> #The instructor taught the
> #class that a setll was more expensive than a chain on a no hit condition.
> 
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Booth

try this
                              HiLoEq   Comment
CUSNO      SETLLCUSTMAST          90 
*IN90      IFEQ *ON                    FOUND! :)

that's how it works, cool huh <g>

                     
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Jim Welsh
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