That's a cool idea, Craig.  You buy yourself a beer for that one.  8-)

 

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From: Craig Lalley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54 AM
To: Shahan, Ray; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: purgegroup

 

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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