Malcom,
Thanks again. Yes, I know all about hash tables,
and have played with the Dictionary class in RB.
Your statement about using a "second" hash table
makes a lot of sense, and something I had not thought
of. I think I will play with this a bit.
Thanks again,
Dave
On Aug 30, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
> If you were not planning on using a database then you could use a
> hash table to store the Vx values and fetch the corresponding unique
> number from the dictionary. You could then use this to look up the
> rest of the data using a second hash table.
>
> REALbasic has a dictionary class implements a hash table as a fast
> lookup. It should work okay for you.
>
> If not just search for "hash table" on the web and you will find more
> than enough information to build your own.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> Cheers,
> Malcolm
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