http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=442
This describes a technique I use to store data in cast members as Lingo routines. I don't know if the timing is still accurate, but when I testing this approach against storing data as just text or field members, my approach was about seven times as fast.
Irv
At 11:26 AM +1200 6/9/04, Tony Bray wrote:
On 9 Jun 2004, at 0:37, Stephen Ingrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Details: the "database" will be updated by only 1 (or maybe 2) people ever. it will contain 1200-1500 entries each entry will contain firstname, lastname, storenumber, images(anywhere from 0-5), other misc textbased fields
For the last 4 years I have had a "database" running using external casts, of text members, to store similar information in lists.
i.e. each text cast member contains a record of [#uniqueStudentID:#app004,#firstname:"Fred", #lastname:"Bloggy", #phone:"678 789",etc]
I have 5 external casts (Apprentices, Employers, Coordinators, Credits, Notes) which are interlinked in my program by the uniqueID.
This database is updated on a more or less daily basis by 2 or 3 people.
The database is used to export Mail Merge files in Word, Spreadsheets in Excel, etc.
For the small number of records that you wish to use I would definitely use Lingo. An understanding of relational databases is a help, but in your case I do not think you will need that knowledge.
Just my $0.05 (we don't have 2 cent coins in NZ)
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