Re: CPYF FROMKEY/TOKEY using packed key field -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: CPYF FROMKEY/TOKEY using packed key field
From: Douglas Handy <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:29:14 -0500
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Dan,

Well, I can *definitely* answer that last question: NO!!! It will read every
> record in the file, even reads the dang thing in key sequence!!!



Then why not use a SQL statement instead and do an INSERT INTO? The query
optimizer is smart enough to use existing indexes for record selections.

Doug

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