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  • Subject: Re: Fastest way to delete records.
  • From: Terry.Rhoades@xxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:26:58 -0500



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FORIGFILE  UP   E           K DISK
FBKUPFILE  O    E           K DISK
C                   IF        TIMESTAMP <=  YYYYMMDD
C                   WRITE     BKUPFILE
C                   DELETE    ORIGFILE
C                   ENDIF


It's not pretty, and it's not the fastest.   But if you compile it and run it 
in batch, it will be done before everyone is finished
discussing it.  <G>







                                                                                
                              
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sounds good, but I can't create a logical on timestamp alone.  As then I
would have many duplicate keys. as there are 40,000 employee numbers each
with many timestamps.

At 01:49 PM 2/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Hmm...
>create a logical on the time stamp.
>
>Open Combined Full procedural this file
>Do while not LR
>   if  TimeStamp <= ToTimeStamp
>   Delete  Record
>   else
>   SetOn LR
>   EndIf
>End Do
>
>Can anyone think of a faster way?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim Langston
>
>
>Quazy wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
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