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Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

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    Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

    On a component in Detail view I have a very busy page with lots of fields. While keeping Performance and Stability in mind, is it better to have the system check for only Dirty fields or Save all fields during the update? Your opinions please!
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    Re: Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

    what is "a lot" to you? also, what is a "busy page"? Other than that go with only dirty, remember ---- a calculated field value might not set the field dirty and not give you what you want...if you actually have a LOT of fields, perhaps you want to look into the newer options to optimize such as a text-box editor. That allows you to edit any of the fields you want with a single editor.
    I guess this all goes back to the question - what is a lot?

    My personal experience has been that text controls don't slow an application down - it's multiple calls to lists (SQL calls to populate them) based on other lists as in Parent/Child lists - especially based on arguments. SO my fix has been to embed other UX's rather than trying to load the list at the time of the initial load of the first list.

    Hope that helps!
    NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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      Re: Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

      additionally, if you update certain fields with default values and don't make the fields dirty you need to save all fields during the update.
      Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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        Re: Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

        I noticed that on a page that had about 30 fields ( to me that's a lot) and save all fields active, clicking my SAVE button would sometimes not "activate", often requiring a second click to complete the cycle. I don't know what it's doing when it won't respond the first time. It just appears stuck. Wish I could place some kind of alert msg to let the user know "it's working" or to tell them to "click again". Any clues????

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          Re: Performance Issue - Dirty Fields check or Save all fields. Which is better?

          30 text fields? I REALLY do not think that is a lot or that it should cause your problem. Do you have any client-side code or ajax callbacks going on? is this a list with a detail view? Do you have repeating sections with calculated values?
          I am asking all of these questions because there has to be more than data binding to a single table with 30 fields, and like you I beleive the submit button should work first time.
          btw, you can add a wait msg when you click to let the user know something is happening by going into the UX properties and adding a wait message for ajax callbacks - OR in the click event properties of any button.
          NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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