Re: Sequence error in MR

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Some memory.  I had forgotten about that but I think you're right.  :-)
I just went back and found the RPG source for that program (only took a 
minute) and see I made the change November 12, 1987.

...Neil




Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Re: Sequence error in MR






Neil Palmer wrote:

> There's one word missing from this discussion.  Performance. 
> Now I'm citing numbers here from 10 years ago at least, on ancient 
> hardware, but I rewrote a program someone had written to update a large 
> master file from a transaction file.  It was written using either CHAIN 
or 
> SETLL/READ (I can't recall) and I changed it to use MR logic.  The run 
> time dropped from approx 4 hours to 40 mins.  And before anyone asks, no 
I 
> don't care to recreate a similar test today, but if anyone want to go 
> ahead I'd be happy to hear the results.  :-)

I think I remember that.  Wasn't it on the old Newslink forum?

-- 
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.