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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 Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 425-0194 voice 909 425-0196 fax ----- 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... > _________ ,___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. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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