Re: Summary search -- speed
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12135
interpreted = N
texte = Yes, that's correct. Obviously there will be some speed hit as the recordsincrease, but the summary command won't aggrevate it as long as the numberof items in the summary list itself increases dramatically.John.>
a large number of records. The only speed hit would occur if the number of>unique values (size of the summary list) became very large (that is,>increased at the same rate as the number of records). If the number of>unique values stays roughly the same as the number of records increases,>there shouldn't be any unecessary speed concerns. I hope this helps.>>>Just to make sure I understand correctly, you are saying that if I have>about 10>-20 unique categories, the speed is the same whether or not I have 100,>1000 or>100,000 records?>>Slowness occurs when the # of unique categories increases drastically from>10-20>to 100's or more?>>Did I get it right?>>Thanks>>SandyJohn A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com
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Yes, that's correct. Obviously there will be some speed hit as the recordsincrease, but the summary command won't aggrevate it as long as the numberof items in the summary list itself increases dramatically.John.>a large number of records. The only speed hit would occur if the number of>unique values (size of the summary list) became very large (that is,>increased at the same rate as the number of records). If the number of>unique values stays roughly the same as the number of records increases,>there shouldn't be any unecessary speed concerns. I hope this helps.>>>Just to make sure I understand correctly, you are saying that if I have>about 10>-20 unique categories, the speed is the same whether or not I have 100,>1000 or>100,000 records?>>Slowness occurs when the # of unique categories increases drastically from>10-20>to 100's or more?>>Did I get it right?>>Thanks>>SandyJohn A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com
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