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in thread fast way of working with numerical positions

You've omitted the overall range.

A very efficient solution for a total range of 0 .. 100,000, becomes impractical for a range of 0 .. 4 billion.

I'm happy to stick with the database

'nuff said. You have your solution.

but i thought due to the large numbers involved there might be a quicker solution in perl.

There quite probably is, but if what you have is good enough, why expend the effort?

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