The code for unmunging the 64k chunks... could that be made more efficient?
I'm thinking for example that every time you insert a record into the
database the OS goes through each record above it and bumps the index. That
means that in a worse case, if you added every record at index zero, you
would force the OS to loop through every record you had previously added;
proportionally increasing the amount of time it takes to add a new record.
On the other hand, if you add the record to the end of the database instead,
you eliminate all that OS looping. Here's hoping I haven't just stated the
obvious.
Mitch Fawcett
Tapn'see Software
(Home of SuperList2)
http://www.tapnsee.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 5:46 PM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: Sending large PDB files to the Palm
>
>
>I have a large pdb file with over 15000 records that i need to send to the
>palm
>I have tried several different methods but all seem to take upwards of an
>hour
>
> I have tried using the palm install tool,
> I also wrote two conduits, one to download the records individually
> and another that combines several records into 64k chunks
> The last conduit hotsyncs very fast but then requires the palm to
>process
>the
> records which again takes over an hour
>
> Is there any way to do this quickly? The table is going in one
direction
>
>from the pc to the palm
>
>--
>For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,
>please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
>
>--
>For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe,
please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
>
>
--
For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
