Herman: This is an old post but I do have exactly the same question. I don't need streaming and backfills, just the open prices by getRTDataForeign() from IB data plugin.
Have you figured it out? or heard anything from TJ himself? Thanks, - Mark On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > For better real-time execution speed and to eliminate IB backfill > problems (IB lock-out and DB-corruption), I want to work without any > historical data, arrays, or backfill. > > > I just want to be able to get a, using getRTDataForeign(), a specific price > when I need it. For efficiency prices may be "sampled" at different rates > depending on my system needs. > > > 1) Is it possible to limit data collection through the IB data plug-in to > getRTData() functions ONLY? > > > 2) Would I even need a database for such a setup? > > > Is this possible? > > > thanks, > > herman > > > > >
