RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Carl Reynolds
... :) Cheers, Carl -Original Message- From: Carl Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 April 2000 5:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? It's been a long day. :-( I've been having a problem with Interbase and threads

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Nic Wise
There's another issue with Interbase that people considering a change should be aware of. Interbase's performance when using TTables through the BDE is absolutely abysmal. Um, as far as I know, this is a problem with ANY SQL-based DB (oracle et al). It comes from doing select * from

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Carl Reynolds
itten". But one tenth as fast?! Do other sql dialects suffer this bad? It should be shouted from the rooftops... Cheers, Carl -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2000 11:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Nic Wise
Um, as far as I know, this is a problem with ANY SQL-based DB (oracle et al). There's abysmal and then there's merely appalling. :) What surprised me is that a simple "select * from tablename" TQuery performed so much better than an equivalent TTable, in Interbase. Can't really compare

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Max Nilson
Carl Reynolds asked: Um, as far as I know, this is a problem with ANY SQL-based DB (oracle et al). There's abysmal and then there's merely appalling. :) What surprised me is that a simple "select * from tablename" TQuery performed so much better than an equivalent TTable, in Interbase.

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Paul Heinz
Max wrote: Carl Reynolds asked: Um, as far as I know, this is a problem with ANY SQL-based DB (oracle et al). There's abysmal and then there's merely appalling. :) What surprised me is that a simple "select * from tablename" TQuery performed so much better than an equivalent

Re: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-26 Thread Neven MacEwan
Re TTable and and SQL server are an anathema TTable is based on a 'Database File' and Indexes (indicies sp) - ANSII SQL doesn't expose indexes (though almost every implementation does and ODBC requires it) The history of TTable is inseparately linked with the BDE (which as you will recall was

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-19 Thread Nic Wise
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carl Reynolds Sent: Wednesday, 19 April 2000 18:39 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? You neglected to mention that only the database structure gets backed up, even if you choose "Metadata

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-19 Thread Carl Reynolds
recreating said database, as discussed, and berating the Interbase newsgroup. :-[ Is it Friday yet? Cheers, Carl -Original Message- From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 April 2000 4:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-19 Thread Andrew Masters
Works fine in IB5.6. -Original Message- From: Carl Reynolds [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 6:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject:RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? File: ATT2.txt; charset = windows-1252 application/ms-tnef

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-18 Thread Jeremy Coulter
Wild Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 16:21 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? Oh, so there is no Interbase API call or anything? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 18 April

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Nic Wise
which version of interbase?! N -- Nic Wise - 021.676.418 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Inprise/Borland New Zealand Is it not a foolish man, said little Woo, who keeps all his chickens in his trousers? For at best, will he not suffocate his chickens, and, and worst, will he not disappoint the ladies in

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Jeremy Coulter
DUH oh yeah.ver 5.5 ...with the version of the BDE that comes wiht D5. Cheers, Jeremy Coulter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 09:57 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG

Re: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Neven MacEwan
Jeremy Does count(*) do the same thing? it usually is more efficient as it is the std method for returning the size of a db Just thinking that count(id) may use a method that can return a distinct count Random muses on the workings of sql parsers that may help Regards Neven N.K. MacEwan B.E.

Re: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Neven MacEwan
- Original Message - From: Andrew Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 13:17 Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? You should always do a backup/restore after any large data manipulation. What

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Nic Wise
]]On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 14:53 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? - Original Message - From: Andrew Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 April

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Nahum Wild
Can this be done programmatically? or does someone actually have to manually do it? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 13:18 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem

Re: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
We have a wee utility that will generate 64,000 records and put them into our interbase db. Thats fine. BUT when we doa select count(id) from TheTable it takes ages to come back, infact I have been waiting arounf 15mins for the data to comback as I type this. The problem happens on both

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Andrew Masters
errors in the log file. -Original Message- From: Nahum Wild [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:57 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject:RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? Can this be done programmatically? or does someone actually have

RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem??

2000-04-17 Thread Nic Wise
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nahum Wild Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 16:21 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Interbase problem?? Oh, so there is no Interbase API call or anything? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL