Welcome Bruce!
Bruce Lewis wrote:
>
> I am thinking of converting from HyperCard to MetaCard.
>
> I use HyperCard as a database for my small business and for my personal
> needs. I have perhaps two dozen stacks from a one card appointment and to do
> list stack to stacks of up to about 8 to 10 thousand cards for keeping track
> of client billing time and expenses. I have one stack of about a thousand
> cards that is about 16 mb mainly of stored text.
>
> I use Reports from 9 to 5 with many of the stacks.
>
> I have read the MetaCard list archives and all the other material I can find
> and they say that I shouldn't use MetaCard for a database of more than about
> 1000 cards.
>
> Why is this? Is it just that it isn't as efficient as a "true" database
> program. If that is all it is, I would live with the inefficiency as I am
> doing with HyperCard. I only want to learn one program and try to know it
> really well.
The main difference between MC and HC when it comes to large
stacks is: when you open a stack in MC, the whole stack is loaded
into memory; when you open a stack in HC, only the part of the
stack currently needed (I believe) is loaded into memory. (At
least, the whole stack is not loaded at once). This is why MC is
so fast - it's always working with something that's in memory.
That's also why MC isn't as great for super-large stacks.
Gotta go!
>
> Is it that there is nothing for MetaCard like the "Reports" XCMD's? I have
> been using them for so long that I have forgotten what HyperCard was like
> without them? Could "Reports" be used with MetaCard.
>
> Would there there be danger to my data in large stacks? Would there be an
> undue speed hit?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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