RE: [U2] Does anyone know the effect of adding an ndex to a UniVerse file?

2007-09-12 Thread Dan Fitzgerald
I have seen some slight performance degradation above 4 indices. I usually recommend that you have no more than 6, but 5 or even 6 can be ok, in a pinch. So the answer is that you're approaching the point where there will be a measurable negative impact on throughput. The complete answer is test

Re: [U2] Does anyone know the effect of adding an ndex to a UniVerse file?

2007-09-12 Thread Clifton Oliver
That completely depends on how densely the index is populated. Example by extremes: If you index on a status code that has only two equally possible values, you'd have about 5.5 million records in each index. Updates to that file will grind to a near halt. If the code could have a couple

Re: [U2] Does anyone know the effect of adding an ndex to a UniVerse file?

2007-09-12 Thread Louie Bergsagel
I've never heard about MINIMUM.MODULUS, but then again when I did most of my operations database work late last century, dynamic files did not exist. I've never heard of split operations either. Here are all the ANALYZE.FILE results: ANALYZE.FILE ABC File name .. ABC ... File

Re: [U2] Does anyone know the effect of adding an ndex to a UniVerse file?

2007-09-12 Thread Louie Bergsagel
The date index would contain internal-format dates, and there would be one for every record, as it is the POST.DATE. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/