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Tried that, but it took about 30 minutes just to do the select and 20 minutes to write 1 million of the selected records. As first I need to write them to a new file before I delete them. (forgot to mention that) So I would have to use two different SQL statements. I was hopeing to imporove on this time. At 01:32 PM 2/7/01 -0800, you wrote: >SQL or qmqry. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Quazy [mailto:quazy@SoftHome.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:04 PM > > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > > Subject: Fastest way to delete records. > > > > > > I have a file with about 10 million records. It is keyed on > > Company #, > > Employee #, and Time stamp. > > > > I need to delete all records that have a time stamp before a > > certain time > > period. > > > > Any suggestions on the fastest approach? > > Speed is a very important factor. > > >+--- >| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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