Re: "extract" command enhancement (subfiles and BIFs)

James,

>"position to" in our shop is performed by a binary halving of the
>subfile and changing the top record number.  We also set an indicator
>for positioning the cursor on the record for a match.
>
>I've included a code snippet, hopefully it's self explanatory.

Well, not quite. <g>  Are you loading the subfile with the entire database?  I
didn't see how the subfile got loaded.  If so, I sure hope it's a small one.
You're maxed out at 9999 records for one thing, and I'm pretty sure you're gonna
see some performance degradation if you've got hundreds of users with thousands
of records tied up in subfiles.

But the idea _is_ neat!  Still, what a bastardization to do something that
shouldn't take these kind of hoops to do.

- Dan Bale





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