I'm new at this list so I hope I'm in order responding to this inquiry. Are you using Rbase for DOS? Are you using a Win XP machine?
If your answer to both of these questions is "yes", we have a problem in common. I never experienced slowness, using proper indexes, on pre XP version Windows machines. I was using rbase 6.2 for dos on my Win ME desktop and storing my database on another ME computer, using Microsoft Netwroking. Speed was great. I replaced my desktop with an XP machine (four times faster processor, more memory, etc.) and speed degenerated dramatically. Since 6.2 was not "XP compatible", I upgraded to 6.5++ and there was no improvement. I did the following tests and am of the conclustion that rbase has a flaw that makes it access information over a Microsoft Network slowly in XP, which it didn't have in Win ME: I was using my laptop and my desktop, both Pentium 4 machines, both running Win XP Pro. I copied the Test*.* files (8,195,503 bytes) from one directory to another on the same computer. It took less than 2 seconds. I copied the Test*.* files from one computer to another using Windows Explorer. It took 1:07 minutes I copied the Test*.* files from one computer to another using Windows XP Command Prompt. It took 1:00 minutes I copied the Test*.* files from one computer to another at the R> prompt (DOS6.5++). It took 27:45 minutes. However, #time stopped after 52 seconds. It continued to show the wrong time until exiting and reentering R:Base. I was not connected to any databases. Accessing database information is similiar, but since there are so many variables in accessing data, copying files suffices to demonstrate the problem. Since data/files can be accessed quickly in a DOS window in XP, this demonstrates that R:Base6.5++ is somehow having problems accessing files and data over a network that is in good order. I hope that someone can find a setting or a fix that can solve this problem on XP machines. Irwin "Scotty" Scott Concord, CA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victor Timmons Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:49 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - How to speed up rbase I would like some tips on how to speedup rbase when it running on a network. Victor Timmons Tiz's Door Sales, Inc 425-258-2391 --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
