> a pdb with as many as 100,000 records.
Besides the other considerations already mentioned, I should point out
that writing 100,000 records to a Palm during a hotsync will take a very
long time. Once you get the database onto a Palm, and you want to update
it, you should be aware that there is no way to force the syncing code
to preserve the record order. You have to tell the Palm app to sort the
database after the sync.
Perhaps you need to examine how the app will be used. Does everyone need
the whole 100,000 records, for instance? Wireless does seem a good
choice for you, but you may need to work on the partial name searching.
It seems silly to download 5000 records because the user has written "N"
- that's going to take a while, too. Even in a PC-based client-server
app, I personally wouldn't take that approach with so many records to
search through.
Cheers,
Jim Cooper
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Jim Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk
TurboSync - Writing Palm conduits with Delphi
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