On Aug 30, 11:54 am, Elliot wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm writing an OPM COBOL program that needs to process a large number
> of sequential files (around 4,000 records). It's a parsing algorithm
> that needs to find a few records at an unpredictable location in the
> file. Obviously in COBOL I'd having to allow for reading a high
> percentage of the records in each of the files.
>
> Alternativey I could embed the SQL.code inside of the COBOL.
>
> Which would be faster? Is the answer obvious or should I test it both
> ways. Would the relative speed depend on other factors, ie size of
> computer, memory, hard disk and OS400 version? The program will be run
> on many different machines.
>
> Thanks
>
> Elliot

Thanks to everyone who helped with this. I went with the SQL and it
does seem fast enough which is what counts.

I apologize for the repeated posting of the initial question. For some
reason I did not see this posting in the "Topic Summary" view which is
my default view. It only appears when I click on "Topic Listing". I
had thought that it just wasn't getting through.

Elliot