Re: Finding a suitable key

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Juris,

In a message dated 97-08-27 14:04:45 EDT, you write:

> What would be the easiest (and maybe fastest, too) method to find out
>  the lowest unused primary key in a file? Another question might be the
>  fastest method to find any unused primary key in a file, but as I think
>  the answers should be almost the same.

How about:

C               FILKEY  KLIST
C                            KFLD   HIGH
 *
C                            MOVEL*HIVAL  HIGH                       (Your
size)
 *
C               FILKEY  SETLLFILE
C                            READPFILE

Just a thought...

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
(Between Raleigh and Research Triangle Park)
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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