We recently ran into a problem where the database was so huge that pulling a
list box was too slow. The solution was to perform a query that wrote the
contents of the select box to a comma delimited file once a day. In this
case, it was much much faster to read the box from a file.
jon
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From: "Robert M. Saxon, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:55 PM
Subject: DB vs. text file
> I am thinking about populating a select box with a list from a text file.
> Is that faster than querying a database, or should I import the text file
> into a table?
>
> I'm sure there is no absolute answer to this question, but generalities
are
> acceptable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
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