Thanks Dennis; I just want to make sure that I have the OrderID's available if I need to restart amibroker or have to re-boot. I think in this case I'll use single files to store the three orderid's of the bracket order I place. Thanks for the help, great description of the use of both. At this moment I'll just work with the orderid's since I can't think of any other reason to complicate things. I like simple as it leads to less problems....usually :)
Another Brian --- In [email protected], Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
