an HP question...

[webmasterpdx]

Note that I think the reason the CASE alternative looks like it's faster is that the measurement of time isn't that accurate and I've seen it alternate between which method is faster with only one run....so it's just an accuracy issue, but the 1000 loop count gives us the real result, which is that the CASE statement is faster.

I also tried it with CONTINUE instead of BREAK, with the same result.