On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 05:47:42AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I posed this question some time ago, but received no replies. Are the > jabref developers on the list? > > One of my databases, suddenly without apparent reason, takes 34 > seconds to save. It is 25 Mb in size. I'm running Linux, Debian, > Squeeze.
Well, I've found time to struggle with the problem, and it seems to be the result of a bug. The reason for the 34-second database save was that for the inBook type records, the Editor field had multiplied the editors' name about 1000 times or more (and supplied the "and" separation"). Because jabref was slow to access the inBook records and to display the editors field, I assume it was the excessive size of field content slowed down a Save for the database as a whole. When I removed the duplicated editors' names, the Save time for the database returned to normal. A few other specifics that might help. I seems that all records were affected, going back two years. However, at roughly the time, about a month ago, that I suddenly experienced slow database saves, the amount of editor name duplications was reduced, perhaps to 20. Usually, but not always, there is also a simple duplication in the author's name field. That is, the name appears twice for inBook records, but not the multiple times of the editor's field. The problem exists in other, smaller and less accessed, databases, although I'm getting an initial impression that the editor duplication is somewhat less, perhaps in the order of hundreds instead of a thousand or two. Haines Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Jabref-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
