Re: Need OCCURS - epilogue

["Albert York" <albertyork@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd like to take credit for being brilliant but it's a basic technique. The fact that you didn't know it doesn't make you stupid. We all have to learn things.

I wonder how many people here know what "unravelling the loop" means.

Albert

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Newman, CDP" <newmanas400@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Need OCCURS - epilogue
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:25:58 -0600
>
>
> Thanks for all the great responses to my question about needing an OCCURS or
> something similar.  In reading through them this morning I read Albert's a
> few times before the simplicity of it hit me.  Rather than moving all the
> elements of the array, all I had to do was move where the data from the new
> record went.  This is much less resource-intensive and much faster than
> moving all but one of the records each time.  You guys on this list are
> playing WAY above my head!!!  I guess that's why y'all get the big bucks,
> eh?
>
> Albert, I'm saying this in my best Wayne and Garth voice:  "I'm not
> worthy!!!  I'm not worthy!!!"   :)
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