Before I get hammered by everyone....
I wrote...
When a file is purged in the begining of the group (begining of thealphabit), all the record pointers for all the preceding files need tobe updated.
I meant...
When a file is purged in the begining of the group (begining of the alphabit), all the record pointers for all the SUCCEEDING files need to be updated. This has a tendancy to fill up the System XM log quickly, causing system overhead and is very slow.
-Craig
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