Matthew- No, the names file (with about 1100 names) exported and imported in a flash, with no problems.
The file that's taking forever is the "contact" file, which stores the contact records for each person. That had about 10,000 records in it (~10 contact events per person), and is taking FOREVER. best, jon > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Scholtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:25 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: how long should it take to export a > contacts.100 file? > > > I assume you mean names.100? > No, it's not normal to take that long for 1100 recs, nor > should a database of 1100 recs be 100MB in size. I might try > doing a Save As <compressed> before exporting, or maybe even > try a Recover... (save a backup first). > FMP is slow for import/export, but not that slow. > > At 03:08 PM 4/26/02 -0700, you wrote: > >>>> > I'm in the midst of exporting my ebase files from 1.00 so I > can import them into 1.03 and thence into 2.0. > > The contacts.100 file was over 100MB, and has taken over 2 > hours (so far) to export, with no end in sight. Is this > normal for a database that has about 1100 names, and a max of > about 20 contact items per name? > > best, > jon > > --------------------------------------------------- > Jon Stahl, Program Manager > ONE/Northwest: Online Networking for the Environment > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://www.onenw.org/>http://www.onenw.org > p: 206.286.1235 > f: 413.702.0213 > icq: 16742255 aim: jondstahl > > Subscribe to ONEList, our free monthly email newsletter about > using technology to protect the environment! > <http://www.onenw.org/onelist/>http://www.onenw.org/onelist/ > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change > your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a > blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, > http://www.ebase.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > <<<< > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the > ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
