Re: Efficiency Question

[Holger Noreke <holger@NOREKE.COM>]

Rick,

I understand your logic, but my question is asking if, based on the data, it
would be easier to check for a condition of $rr_sw = 'N' than $rr_sw = 'Y'.

-Holger

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Subject:        Re: Efficiency Question

The  $rr_sw  is just a yes/no flag that I use to determine if a record is to
be
processed through the remainder of the SQR logic.
The flag is initially set to 'N'.
If any of the conditions in the EVALUATE statement are met, it is set to
'Y'.
The final IF statement will cause the record to be processed if the flag is
Y






Holger Noreke <holger@NOREKE.COM> on 11/09/2000 11:03:24 AM

Please respond to sqr-users@list.iex.net

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Rick,

What are the conditions for $rr_sw = 'N'?  That may be an easier way to
formulate the query if the dataset is smaller...

-Holger

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Sent:   Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:43 AM
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Subject:        Efficiency Question

How efficient is an EVALUATE statement when processing large volumes of
data?  I
did a rewrite on an old SQR that seemed to take too long to run; the
intention
was to improve overall run time & efficiency.  I used the following code and
was
disappointed in the overall elapsed time.  I know elapsed time is affected
by
many other factors & events happening in the system.... but thought I would
pose
the question to you folks anyway.  Is there a better way to write this code?

Thanks for all your help!

My environment:
PSoft  Ver 7.53
Oracle Ver 8.06 (Rule Based)
SQR Ver 4.34

My code:

   let $rr_sw = 'N'
   evaluate $proj_type
      when = 'ABL'
         if &pr.analysis_type = 'BLD' or &pr.analysis_type = 'CAS'
            let $rr_sw = 'Y'
         end-if
         break
      when = 'ACR'
         if &pr.analysis_type = 'BLD'
              if (&pr.resource_type = 'LABOR' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'APPLY' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'UNIT'  or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRREB' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRWDN' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'PBILL' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'REWIP' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WDN'   or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WUP')
                 let $rr_sw = 'Y'
              end-if
        end-if
         break
      when = 'EVT'
         if &pr.analysis_type = 'BLD'
              if (&pr.resource_type = 'MLSTN' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'APPLY' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'UNIT'  or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRREB' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRWDN' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'PBILL' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'REWIP' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WDN'   or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WUP')
                    let $rr_sw = 'Y'
               end-if
           end-if
         break
      when = 'UNT'
         if &pr.analysis_type = 'BLD'
              if (&pr.resource_type = 'APPLY' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'UNIT'  or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRREB' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'CRWDN' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'PBILL' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'REWIP' or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WDN'   or
                  &pr.resource_type = 'WUP')
                    let $rr_sw = 'Y'
               end-if
           end-if
         break
   end-evaluate

   if $rr_sw = 'Y'
      do get_manager_info
   end-if