Re: READE on a file selected by user

On 2/24/2011 9:44 AM, David FOXWELL wrote:

Thanks for the clarification, Joe.

In my case the original program looks for transactions using a client number and displaying the amount in the subfile. The novelty is to be able to search the same file for transactions using a transaction amount and displaying the client number in the subfile. If I show a list of transactions at 10cents ( using cents as it's common between France and the US), I don't think it'll be nécessary to page up to 9 cents and less, or forwards to 11 and more. But, this has me thinking further : the program at the moment loads all the transactions for the chosen client in one go. The largest number of transactions for 1 client is less than 200, but there are some amounts that occur more than 3000 times.

Ah yes, the "load all" vs. "page at a time" question. This is always an issue, and the only answer is "it depends". The only thing I recommend is that if you plan to do a load all subfile that you make sure that you also check for a maximum RRN. It's far more palatable to the user to get an incomplete subfile than to get a hard halt :).

Joe