Hi Brian, Either approach can work. The choice really comes dow to how you want to organize your data. In my case, I used separate files for storing individual params in my Flexible Parameters scheme. That gave me the ability to address each individually and add new ones or change values without needing to search through a secondary indexing scheme inside one file.
In my case, I use both static variables and individual files. I load up the static vars (which have a limited lifetime of one instance) from the files when I start up, then use static variables from that point on. However, if I write to a static variable, I also write through to the file. I do this for speed since a static variable does not require a system call. Consider what you want to do with the data. If it is just logging, then perhaps a single file. If you want to do a lot of sorting and searching, then perhaps one file. If you just want random access to any one entry, then perhaps individual files. BR, Dennis On Jul 26, 2008, at 6:25 PM, treatmentinprogress wrote: > This is a fantastic post: > http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2007/04/24/persistent-variables/ > > I'm about to embark on storing the orderid's in a file. > > I have two basic questions / assumptions before I begin. > > what are the advantages/disadvantages to using a single file with a > list of orderid's rather than a seperate file for each orderid? > > If you store the orderids in a file, than I'm guessing we don't need > to use a static variable (staticvarset) since we can just use the > persistent variable in the file? > > > Another Brian
