7.37.2 DLT_ENTRY Comments / Warnings

• Use of the DLT_ENTRY command may incur a performance penalty because of the underlying implementation of working lists. Heavy use should be benchmarked with realistically sized data sets before being put into a production environment. Possible design alternatives include replacement of the working list by a keyed work file and construction of a second working list from the first.

• Use of the DLT_ENTRY command also means that the entry number of all entries succeeding the deleted entry are reduced by 1. This may cause problems where the entry number of a particular entry is assumed to remain static, for example where "pointers" to working list entries are used and also where the entries in a list are processed in a loop other than SELECTLIST/ENDSELECT.