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  • Subject: Re: Accessing files In QTEMP
  • From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:42:55 -0700

Which is quicker, removing a member containing 500,000 records from a file,
or using SQL to delete 500,000 records from a file?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@cross-check.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Accessing files In QTEMP


> I know about ALIAS and that is making it more complex IMHO.  I still like
key fields.  Select * from lib/file where key = 'job/user/number'.  Now is
that now straight forward?
> Christopher K. Bipes
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:50 PM
> Subject: RE: Accessing files In QTEMP
>
>
> Chris:
>
> Ever used ALIAS?  It deals rather nicely with the "member problem".
>
> Richard Jackson
>
>
>
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