Well... holding certainly... I will put up a shell line with altered data... since it is financial data who knows what exactly I am allowed to show or not...

Both fixed width, both sorted on security identifier (in ths case 31283GZY). These are the only two files used in a run.. everything is crammed into the shell as needed ahead of time.

Holding sample: 

CUSIP 31283GZY          HB31283GZY    200409162300      BDABS   ABS US
+D                        16:37:05   S1

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Matching shell line: 

31283GZY6   FHLMC MV         DATA COMB 56            324-s234   5.670 
+20290201        20170301   9.000000  19830201                DFG     
+                                                                     
+                   C                    V1                           
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
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+                                                                     
+                    20050231M   11 2002091100100010553400100000210435
+5200130000109986500000000026940000000000056960000000000004910000     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                                                     
+                                           20071121M      20080321000
+010102900099000000104331349000000104562599000000005014126000000005002
+242000000004190337

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In reply to Re^4: Speeding up data lookups by suaveant
in thread Speeding up data lookups by suaveant

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