>>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,
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>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.
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>Hank

We are calling it many thousands of times because of it being used in queries. I disagree with the whole "premature optimization" schtick. Not optimizing at every chance is the true root of all evils.