RE: CGI-RPG performance question

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Loyd Goodbar wrote:

>3) Formatting HTML. I take "unformatted" data, along 
>with some control fields, and generate the appropriate 
>HTML code on the output stage. Currently, this
>involves many %trim/%trimr operations on the 
>output data. I am currently using size 32000 
>workspaces for the data (since this is the 
>current RPG/IV limit). String operations take a 
>long time. I thought about possibly passing data
>through pointers, but I still need to concatenate 
>the data to an output variable before writing it.

You can dramatically cut down the cost of RPG string operations if you
declare your strings as VARYING instead of fixed length.  You will have to
deal with the length bytes if you use fixed-form op codes (MOVE, etc.) but
if you stick to EVAL you will be very happy with variable length character
field performance.

Buck Calabro
Commsoft; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as
 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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