RE: int vs binary questions

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

just to add to this, while bin to bin appears to be faster than int to int,
adding to a bin variable is a terrible performer.

the raw results from my timing loop:
  add to int ( 10i 0 ) - 490 milliseconds
  add to bin ( 9b 0 )  - 9911 milliseconds!
  add to packed ( 7p 0 ) - 1753 milliseconds

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:12 AM
To: Chat. Rpg400-L
Subject: int vs binary questions


is there a dds equivalent to "10i 0"?

I ran a timing loop that copied between 10i 0 and 9b 0 variables. here are
the results:
  bin to bin was the fastest.
  int to int was 10% slower than bin to bin.
  bin to int took twice as long as bin to bin.

any idea why bin to bin runs faster than int to int?

The practical side of this is that I have gotten into the practice of
declaring all integer type variables as 10i 0. But when I have to store such
a field in a database file, I dont know the best way to declare the database
field.

-Steve


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