>>Cindy:
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>>Okay, thanks.
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>>Yes, in a normal program I'd agree that microseconds does not matter. But, I'm polling every half-a-second and depending on which method it runs it begins to slow the computer down.
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>Andy Kramek did an optimization session at Great Lakes and I'm pretty sure his result was that nested IFs are faster.
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>Tamar

If that's true, then everything I've heard about case statements are false. I've heard from several sources that case statements are faster than nested IFs. Could you provide more info on this issue?