how efficient is retriving objects from file

[mohan]

i have small chunks of data which i have stored that as objects in a hashtable
in a file.i am retriving the objects and getting the data.is it better to
store this small chunks of data in the table.i dont need any security or
transaction management.please give me u r suggestions on this.

[Paul Clapham]

Is it better than what alternative?

"mohan" <krishnamohan@semanticspace.com> wrote in message
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> i have small chunks of data which i have stored that as objects in a
hashtable
> in a file.i am retriving the objects and getting the data.is it better to
> store this small chunks of data in the table.i dont need any security or
> transaction management.please give me u r suggestions on this.