Have you tried to use CLRProfiler to find out where your 15 secs is going to?
Regards, Erick Sgarbi > I'm writing a user profile tool that manipulates information in an LDAP > server. I'm using an abstraction layer that talks directly to the server > (written by another developer). The function of the abstraction layer that > returns a list of all the users in LDAP returns an ArrayList. For easier > filtering and sorting of this data, I build a DataTable in code, returning > its default view so it can be bound to a DataGrid. > > The app currently takes between 15-20 seconds to load approximately 800 > users from the LDAP source into memory, cache the user information, and > display the page (DataGrid displays 20 users per page). The vast majority > of that time (13-18 seconds) is consumed by the foreach loop that puts each > ArrayList element into the > > The code in question looks like the following: > > ArrayList userList = theDirectory.getUsers(); > > if (userList != null) > { > foreach (UserDirectoryObject user in userList) > { > DataRow drUser = tblUsers.NewRow(); > drUser["lastName"] = user.lastName; > drUser["firstName"] = user.firstName; > /* etc */ > tblUsers.Rows.Add(drUser); > } > } > > tblUsers.DefaultView.Sort = "lastName"; > return tblUsers.DefaultView > > > Any suggestions about how to increase the speed of this would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks! > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com > Some .NET courses you may be interested in: > > NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 26 Jan 2004, in Los Angeles > http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 26 Jan 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com