>Hey all
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>I've got a UDF that is something like a cross between SEEK and LOOKUP(). The problem is - calling a UDF is slower than native functions.
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>The function is liberally scattered everywhere. The parameters do not match the LOOKUP function, which would have been virtually perfect. I know a search and replace might work, but that will break a lot of code too.
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>So - an idea has been tickling around my mind,
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>Given the existing call ... MYSEEK(seekthis,"inalias","thistag","returnthis")
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>would it be possible to #DEFINE and make the above into something native at compile time?
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>Thanks
Hi Mike,

the cost of a call to a wrapper function is negligible, unless you are calling it thousands of times, which you shouldn't be doing anyway. So rewrite myseek to use LOOKUP() where appropriate, and you're done.

Hank