On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, JB Parrett wrote:
> on 9/12/00 6:56 AM, Michal Seliga at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > We are developing an application for palm with Ultralite support
> > (sybase). There is one big problem. Synchronizing with emulator takes
> > more then 1 hour. I would believe that it takes so much with real
> > palm connected by serial cable (not tested), but why is the emulator
> > so slow? Saved PDB after synchronization is about 1.2 MB long.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to make emulator faster?
>
> It seems that you are asking one question but really want a different one
> answered.
>
> Solutions to your stated question (easiest to most difficult):
>
> 1. Use a release ROM instead of a debug ROM. The debug ROMs contain
> error-checking code that slows down many system functions. This is usually
> what you want when writing code, but you can use a release ROM if you just
> want more speed (you won't get the added checking).
>
> 2. Get a faster computer.
>
> 3. Optimize the POSE source code. I suspect your effort/return ratio will be
> pretty high with this approach.
>
> I would perform the sync with a real device - you might find that the
> problem has nothing to do with POSE at all. The bottleneck might be in
> Ultralite or the HotSync process. The comments of others here will be a poor
> substitute for your own empirical data.
>
> JB
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> JB Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Palm, Inc.
I'm going to take a guess here that the database you are syncing contains
many records. Each record cotains overhead, and requires a separate write
when syncing. If you were able to pack many smaller records into larger
ones, the speed of the sync would increase dramatically.
--
Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
http://www.directedge.com
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