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Ah, yes. But the distinction I meant to make was between index IO and table IO. Cheers At 04:44 PM 3/12/02 +0000, you wrote: >Vernon wrote: > > > CHAIN is basically SETLL and READ, so the difference is the > > time to read the record. Mileage will vary, based on record > > length and datatypes. What were your fields in the file in > > question? > >Not quite. SETLL will always set the current record pointer. CHAIN will set >it only when a record is found. If Nathan were to re-run his test where the >record is never found I think he would find that the CHAINs are quicker >than the SETLLs. > >Dave... > _________ ,___o > __________ _\ <;_ > ___________ (_)/ (_) http://www.twickenhamcc.co.uk >======================================================= >The opinions expressed in this communication are my own and do not >necessarily reflect those of my employer. > >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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