On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:56:14 -0500, Dan Espen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Back in my insurance days on an IBM 1440, I was able to
>demonstate impossibly fast state lookup times with the
>simple expedient of putting NY, NJ and CA first in the table.

That probably wouldn't be optimal with the University of Colorado
Student database...

>Who needs binary lookups when the data cooperates.

It's always good to know your data.

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