--- Tim wrote: > I have about 2000 records in the database > and I need to quickly lookup items by the > item number on a regular basis. The item > number is a 20 char string. What is the > best way to go about this?
Keep the database sorted by item number. Then you can do a binary search. See DmFindSortPosition(), DmInsertionSort(), and DmQuickSort(). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
