browse lookup - spped up selection

[Howard Wolowitz]

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The problem with using a selection set inside a browse processing routine is 
that the selection set always refers to the current record in the current 
file so I have never found a way to make it useful.

Howie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
To: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: browse lookup - spped up selection


> Ken,
>
> I do use the drop command.
>
> Are you saying that you can create a selection set in a file and use that 
> selection set name as you wish in any processing and if it does not match 
> it will be dropped.
>
> If that is the case that is virtually unknown by most people that I know 
> (I probably don't know the right people.) Please note I am still on 4.8.
>
> In any event, even if you can do that, I don't think that satisfies my 
> speed issue as it still has to go through processing and if there is no 
> match drop the record.
>
> In my drop processing I am going through 5 conditions to determine if the 
> record should be dropped. Will your approach speed things up?
>
> Also when I use:
>
> If: not selectionname
>
> do I use the full name "sel.selectionname" or just "selectionname".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
> To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
> Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: browse lookup - spped up selection
>
>
>> (Top-posting corrected.)
>>
>> Quoting Dennis Malen (Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:26:56 -0400):
>>> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
>> [...]
>>> > If you have a selection set that can do it for you, then simply use
>>> > the selection set in your processing to help the filtering process.
>>> >
>>> What command am I using to execute a selection set before I get to the
>>> browse lookup processing?
>>
>> In your browse lookup processing:
>>
>>    If:  not selectionsetname
>>  Then:  drop ; end
>>  [... any additional processing you need here ...]
>>
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