Re: SQL Existence Check

Hi Dave,

I'm a little late to this discussion.  If you're using SETLL with an equal
indicator, and the record is not found, what does SETLL set the current
record pointer to?

Peter Dow
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----- Original Message -----
From: <David.X.Kahn@gsk.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: SQL Existence Check


> 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...
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