in reply to Moving from hashing to tie-ing.

How many fields are there per record? How long is each record?

Update: Also, what is $pin? 4-digit numeric? Alpha? Is there a defined range for $pin?

Also, is this a single-user-at-a-time or multi-user application?

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Re^2: Moving from hashing to tie-ing.
by eff_i_g (Curate) on Jul 31, 2006 at 16:21 UTC
    Browser,

    The fields range from about 3 to 100. There are many types of pins; these are no more than a dozen characters. Many users can run the script, which works in this fashion:
    1. Determine the section and id being processed.
    2. Hash all of the needed customer files for this section.
    3. Process.
    If user A and user B are running the same section, but different ids, there are two instances of the script which hash all of the same information into memory. The processing is only slightly different due to the ids.
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      Is the content of the file static or does the processing involve updates?

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Static. Throughout all of the processing nothing is changed, only a new file is created.
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