Re: Update from WABUG (Western Area BPCS User Group) Meeting

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

> (BTW, your mention of BPCS-L must have helped -- we've had about 20 people
> enroll this week!)

Cool!

> The training alone is enough of a reason for large businesses to consider 
>other
> packages, ODW is just icing on the cake.



> Performance is really a moot point, although it is a _BIG_ problem now for V4
> and lower users.

You do contradict yourself, but do reinforce my point which I did not state 
well.  I
should correct myself by saying that I will never go to V6 as long as it is
codeveloped with UNIX.  The true statement is - I will never go to V6 as long 
as I
have to upgrade my box several levels, and work with a software package I can 
only
"configure" but not customize.  The windmill that I continue to joust is that 
the
package has suffered greatly trying to serve two masters and they would do 
themselves
a great favor by rethinking this policy.

> . . . and knowing a few simple techniques
> can fix what SSA didn't see when they tested performance against the infamous
> education database (Can you say PENS?  I knew you could!).

Dean, you have supplied at least one example of helping the performance.  Would 
you
care to share the full suite of tips?  Maybe identifying which version(s) each 
tip
applies to will help everyone.  I encourage everyone to share their performance
tips.  Here's mine:  ACR300 performance got you down?  You may have one of the
versions of code that is written to perform a security check on every record it 
reads
for the inquiry screens.  Modify the code to check to see if the company has 
already
been checked through security.  In our case, company security was not 
necessary, so
it was skipped entirely. (I just checked CD and it seems they have corrected 
this
problem).

Bill

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