Last time I looked, AIX with upgrade (required for the OP's described conditions) was a *VERY POOR* performer. However, with the small proportion of updates later described, this does not seem like it would have a disproportionate impact.
<snip> Create an AIX pointing at the file with the AIX key being the account number followed by the record type. Change the update program's logic to access and update the AIX not the BASE File. All other programs access the BASE file as at present. Note that this requires you to look for ACCOUNT-NUMBER suffixed by 4 and look for equal-to or greater (ie: Accept the type 5 if it gets returned due to no type 4). Also you need to check the returned account number in case there is no 4 or 5 for the account number. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
