[Info-vax] Search on indexed file with data and key compression

JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca
Thu Jan 22 15:30:04 EST 2009


norm.raphael at metso.com wrote:
> If I use seach on an indexed (prolog 3) file with data and key 
> compression, does the 
> search do the right thing and expand the data before comparison?

Yes. When search does a $GET to get the next record, magic happens
behind the scenes to create a fully expanded record which is fed to $GET
and hence to the SEARCH application.

Same thing when you TYPE indexed.file  or EDIT indexed.file



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