On 03/09/2014 15:54, Michael Glassman wrote:
I solved a similar problem by realizing that items in stock and other such tables rarely
get updated. So I added a field called "Searchable" that contains the
concatenation of all of the possibly searchable fields. Yes, your file will be larger
(though 10,000 record files aren't really very large to start with), and you'll take a
one-time hit when you populate this field for all 10K records, but those drawbacks are
negligible compared to the time you'll save by only having to search one field in the
future. Just don't forget to alter your insert and update routines to include populating
the new field.
Mike
Michael H. Glassman
IS Manager
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
www.PioneerDrama.com
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From: Sytze de Boer
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 9:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Quickest Search
I have a large stock file (say 10,000 records)
I only have a vague idea what I'm searching for
So, I may have a variable like
srch4="upper(name+code+stkmemo+unitmeas2+altsupply+descopt2+descopt3+descopt4+descopt5+bar2code+bar3code+alt2code)"
Is there a better/quicker way to CONSTRUCT the following
Select Code, desc, price, cost, qoh from winstoks Into Table temp order By
Code where At(lcSearch,&srch4)>0
#bad# database design - sorry!
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