>I thought about that to start with. The tables are not big at all. So a Locate would be good in this case. I just wanted to steer clear of Locate, if that was possible.
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>At this point, it is either LOCATE, or index at the start on the view and SEEK.
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>Is there something I am overlooking. ??
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>Thanks!!!!!
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Nope. You're not missing anything. That's the choices you get at this point. If it helps any, that's what some frameworks do to accomplish the same thing.