Hi Jason,

Does it mean that it is not feasible to maintain very large number of
records
(palm database records) in palm?  Can Oracle Lite solve this problem?

Thanks,
Sam




Jason Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Sam,
>
> I would suspect that your memory could well be the problem here.
> Over time your memory may become heavily fragmented, and this will cause
> the progressive slow down.
>
> I've successfully moved large quantities of data around on the SPT1740
> across RF (TCP)
> and unpacked those packets into records very rapidly.  But I designed the
> database such that I actually held
> 128 data records in each Palm record each preceded by a data index.  This
> allowed me to perform faster searches,
> and increase the permissible record count.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sam [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 16:13
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Insert records to large database (> 10000 records)
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i wrote a palm program to get database records from PC to palm using FTP
> > protocol.   the program is running on SPT1500.  it works fine at the
> > beginning, but when the palm database grows large, the record insertion
is
> > very slow.  and the program throw a fatal error at last (it maybe my
> > program
> > bug, but it dose not due to insufficient memory).  All records are
> > inserted
> > at the last index.
> >
> > Here is the result:
> > In the first trial, it inserted 8072 records (each records 46 bytes) and
> > then threw fatal error.  it takes about 15 mins.
> > In the second trial, it inserted 4141 records and then threw fatal
error.
> > it
> > takes about 15 mins.
> > In the third trial, it inserted 3307 records and then threw fatal error.
> > it
> > takes about 15 mins.
> >
> > anyone have experience on managing large database (more than 10000
> > records)
> > in palm?
> >
> > regards,
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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