Msg: 730 *Conference*
10-25-91 13:51:32
From: DREW BLANCHAR
To : DOUG OLSON
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #698 (NEW PROGRAMS)
Data base...Base data.... hmmmmmmm.... Since the poor, I mean compact model 100 et al BASIC does not have the loc command, then any data base (assume ascII) must be searched sequentially, counting the lines as it goes. Of course, an index might locate the data on a certain line so we just note the carriage returns for our counting. Even a search pattern still counts every line, whether it searches the rest of the line or not. I'm saying this because the disk and the ram have no idea what address a line might begin on. Just as they have no idea where a file might begin until the correct address (fluid as you use the machine) is set in the FAT (or its equivalent). Ram is much more fluid than disk. hmmmmmmmmmm........ -dB