RE: Optimizing File I-O in RPG IV/ I-Series

Interesting, Joep.

Although it's rare I ever need to access a file by a text field, I do
recall one example where I'm taking a list of email addresses which have
"opted out" of receiving emails from us, and compare it to all the
addresses on our database so I can flag the accounts "do not email".  

The way I handle it, since the addresses can be mixed case in our
database, is to populate a temporary file with all of the addresses in
our database converted to lower case, then compare the incoming file of
opt outs, also converted to lower case. 

Are you telling me I could just read the incoming file in whatever case
it is in, then setLL using a case insensitive index and READE to get all
the accounts using that address, even if they were entered in a
different case from the input file ?  

That would be swell.


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>Subject: RE: Optimizing File I-O in RPG IV/ I-Series
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>Simple example: You can create a case insensitive index. If you do a
SETLL
>with 'FLEMING', you might get a record with a key of 'Fleming'. READE
will
>handle it for you, a simple compare won't.
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>Joep Beckeringh
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