Re: [U2] Consuming Web Services (U2 Indexing)

2012-10-05 Thread Bill Haskett
Brian: I was under the impression that UniData uses a real B-Tree indexing system while UniVerse uses some kind of linked list. e.g. UV has a single item for, say, male/female and the item would look like ID: male 001 1]2]3]4]5]6]...]999 ...which would perform exactly as you say. I

Re: [U2] Consuming Web Services (U2 Indexing)

2012-10-05 Thread Brian Leach
-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett Sent: 05 October 2012 17:15 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Consuming Web Services (U2 Indexing) Brian: I was under the impression that UniData uses a real B-Tree indexing system while UniVerse uses some kind of linked list. e.g. UV has

Re: [U2] Consuming Web Services (U2 Indexing)

2012-10-05 Thread Wjhonson
into the budget for that. -Original Message- From: Brian Leach br...@brianleach.co.uk To: 'U2 Users List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 9:25 am Subject: Re: [U2] Consuming Web Services (U2 Indexing) Bill I *did* say UniVerse specific :) Yes, it uses a really nice and well

[U2] Indexing I-Desc

2012-03-06 Thread Israel, John R.
I have a select that is taking too long. Many of the fields are I-Descs. Some are extracting a piece of info from the file, some are translates to other files, and some are running subroutines. I understand that danger of indexing a translate or subroutine (if the source data changes, the

Re: [U2] Indexing I-Desc

2012-03-06 Thread Richard A. Wilson
as long as the data truly resides in the file then you should be fine example I F11:*:F20[1,4]:*:F40 etc Rich Israel, John R. wrote: I have a select that is taking too long. Many of the fields are I-Descs. Some are extracting a piece of info from the file, some are translates to other

Re: [U2] Indexing I-Desc

2012-03-06 Thread Dave Davis
, John R. Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:41 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: [U2] Indexing I-Desc I have a select that is taking too long. Many of the fields are I-Descs. Some are extracting a piece of info from the file, some are translates to other files, and some are running subroutines. I

Re: [U2] Indexing I-Desc

2012-03-06 Thread Israel, John R.
Sounds good. Thanks guys John -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Davis Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:51 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing I-Desc As long as all the data comes

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-15 Thread jpb-u2ug
I just tried it on 10.2.4 or UV and it works! Jerry Banker -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Henry Unger Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:55 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing Yes

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-15 Thread Ross Morrissey
It's not IBM technical documentation, but several years ago I published a number of push the envelope techniques for UniVerse Secondary Indexes in an article for the OSDA Newsletter. The prose is dated, but the techniques aren't. It's at: http://www.rossmorrissey.com/uv/rossmorrissey_indexes.pdf

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-15 Thread br...@brianleach.co.uk
Hey Ross Excellent article! Brian On 15 September 2009 at 17:55 Ross Morrissey u...@rossmorrissey.com wrote: It's not IBM technical documentation, but several years ago I published a number of push the envelope techniques for UniVerse Secondary Indexes in an article for the OSDA Newsletter. 

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-14 Thread Clifton Oliver
I seem to recall that they added the CONCURRENT option to BUILD.INDEX several years back but didn't document it except in the patch file for that release. Does anyone else remember this? Regards, Clif -- W. Clifton Oliver, CCP CLIFTON OLIVER ASSOCIATES Tel: +1 619 460 5678Web:

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-14 Thread Henry Unger
: Monday, September 14, 2009 4:26 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing I seem to recall that they added the CONCURRENT option to BUILD.INDEX several years back but didn't document it except in the patch file for that release. Does anyone else remember this? Regards, Clif -- W

[U2] Indexing

2009-09-09 Thread Bessel, Karen
I am not a UV newbie by any means, but I've never used indexing, and I need to know where to start, with reading to gain some knowledge on the documentation. Any particular area of the IBM technical documentation that might be particularly helpful to this noob to the wide world of indexing?

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-09 Thread Dan Fitzgerald
...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bessel, Karen Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:24 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Indexing I am not a UV newbie by any means, but I've never used indexing, and I need to know where to start, with reading to gain

Re: [U2] Indexing

2009-09-09 Thread Jo Lester
: Re: [U2] Indexing System Description, chapter 4, starting on page 22. Be sure to get what NO.NULLS does; if you have a lot of fields with null values, it makes your index lopsided and much less effective. Also, note that each index on a file increases your writes by 1. We see a significant

RE: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-22 Thread Jerry Banker
Isn't that true only when using 'AND' with the 'WITH' phrase? Using 'OR' would have to use the whole index/selection again. -Original Message- From: Ray Wurlod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:30 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing

RE: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-22 Thread Ray Wurlod
@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Indexing Optimization Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:02:37 -0500 Isn't that true only when using 'AND' with the 'WITH' phrase? Using 'OR' would have to use the whole index/selection again. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit

RE: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-22 Thread Jef Lee
So, Ray, where do I find these rules? Are they written down somewhere that I can get to and acquire a copy? Jef. - Partial Original Message- No, it's true for all cases. UniVerse indexes are only used on restrictions in the first WITH phrase in the query. That's one of the rules.

Re: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-20 Thread Ray Wurlod
One of the rules for UniVerse to use an index is that the restriction occurs in the first WITH phrase. The reasoning is that the majority of records to be excluded will have been excluded by the first WITH clause, and that therefore the second WITH clause need only examine the record selected

RE: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-18 Thread Hona, David S
FYI... This link has a nice summary of what the major RDBMS offer for the EXPLAIN output: http://www.aquafold.com/docs-ep-plan.html It would be nice to have a version of Aquafold (or one of the many similar multi-OS and multi-database 'aware' toolsets) available for UniVerse too...ah, one day

[U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-17 Thread Jef Lee
Could someone please explain the EXPLAIN results? The Help does not show about EXPLAIN. In particular, what does the index processing point out? I have 43,000 records that have A8=DRJ but only a handful that will have A50=70 so if I can get the SELECT to use A50 first that would be great. I can

Re: [U2] Indexing Optimization

2007-10-17 Thread john reid
It appears that 'EXPLAIN' is somewhat documented via an internet search, implying that it might be standard equipment for at least some SQL's in order to show query plans. I did find a file on our system named SQL.HELP. A search revealed 6 records containing 'EXPLAIN' but it also contained a lot

[U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread Dan Knutson
I have a file that has thousands of keys that start with an A. There is an index on the key. When I try and do a search for any items that start with say A12 and I type in A12... the search does not return what I expect and takes a long time because Unidata thinks it is doing a Alphanumeric

Re: [U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread Allen Egerton
From: Dan Knutson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: [U2] Indexing issue I have a file that has thousands of keys that start with an A. There is an index on the key. When I try and do a search for any items that start with say A12 and I type in A12... the search

RE: [U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread Scott Ballinger
WA USA 206 713 6006 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen Egerton Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:08 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing issue If the primary key is indexed, that's pretty much a waste of time

RE: [U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread Adrian Matthews
Try quoting it as 'A12'... instead. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen Egerton Sent: 11 March 2005 20:08 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Indexing issue From: Dan Knutson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005

RE: [U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread Dan Knutson
@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Indexing issue Not necessarily so... An index on the primary key will not only allow you to sort or sselect the file by that key instantly, but also allow quick selects on partial keys (e.g. select myfile with key = 12345]). Admittedly esoteric, but on occasion handy. Scott

Re: [U2] Indexing issue

2005-03-11 Thread fft2001
:23:17 -0600 Subject: [U2] Indexing issue I have a file that has thousands of keys that start with an A. There is an index on the key. When I try and do a search for any items that start with say A12 and I type in A12... the search does not return what I expect and takes a long time because Unidata