Re: Subfile performance question

Depends on what he means by allowing the system do the scrolling. He may be
referring to load the entire subfile of data and then letting the system
roll up and down. If true, depending on number of records it can be
significantly slower but just the load time.

If you are talking about loading a page at a time and then have the system
roll back and forth from what has been loaded I would say the system is
faster. One page loads are pain for user. Each time they roll everything is
wiped out so anything they want to do on that page must be done and accepted
on that page and that is slower because you have to go through the database
and load logic. OS is just rolling back and forth thru a user space or
memory.



On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:55 AM, <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A coworker stated the other day that handling the page-up and page-down of
a subfile in the RPG program was more efficient than letting the system
handle the scrolling. They couldn't give an specific reason just that
'that's what I have always been told'. It was news to me and I'm having a
hard time seeing how that would be true.

Does anyone have an information or links to information about the scrolling
efficiency of a subfile vs. scrolling in the RPG program? I may write a
couple of test programs to do some timings but thought I would ask first. I
don't write a lot of subfiles these days and writing them would not be a
simple task as my subfile skills are rusty.


Rick Chevalier
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