Re: Accessing files In QTEMP

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't that also apply to SQL DELETE?

And in reply to Richard, the idea was that there would be a WHERE clause on
the SQL DELETE to select the job/user/jobnbr or whatever key is used to
replace the multi-member method.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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From: "Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@cross-check.com>
> Try to clear a member on a triggered file.


> From: Richard Jackson [mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net]
> It depends :)  If the SQL delete is phrased "delete from file" (no where
> clause) it goes pretty fast - unless the file is journaled.  The clear
will
> probably be faster unless you need to keep the 500,001-th record and you
> have to recover it from backup or some such silliness.  When a clear is
> used, the journal records a message "file cleared" and separate journal
> entries are not written for each database record.
>

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