>Mace,
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>This is picky, I know...
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>While I don't doubt your statement that neither SKIP nor While are Rushmore optimized, I also believe that this is simply because they need not be.
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>SKIP simply goes to the next record (in the index set) and While also implies simply the next record (in the index set) with the added constraint regarding certain field content. This is about as "optimized" as one could get, as I see it.
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>Cheers,
>
>Jim N
>

Jim

Yeah, I see your point, and I can't argue a case. I just remember since completing a number of tests back in 2x days I only ever used my own skip function which was based on locate and continue to make use of rushmore. I have avoided skip and while like the plague ever since without giving much thought as to why.

Mace