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Subject: Records
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Thanks to all those who answered my query about records.
 
Next question - I am using records as the basis for a simple database
program. Given that the program will be written in a tight enough way to
ensure that it won't be possible to write a list with more elements than
there are in a database entry, what is the advantage of using a record
to store a database entry as opposed to a list?
 
I've got my own ideas on this, but I'd like to canvass a few other
opinions.
 
 
Thanks.
 
Roger Hare.