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    Sets seem to be very slow

    Hi all; I am new to Alpha Five, have only been using it for a couple of months. I am particularly interested in the Active Link aspect of it. I have made a couple of apps that access tables on a Microsoft SQL Server (2005), and have discovered the following. Individual active link tables appear to perform pretty well in browsing. Any time I create a set, performance is badly degraded. The tables in the set I am working with are not large: the primary table contains approximately 16,000 records, the other 2 related tables contain around 30,000 records each. they are joined on a field called WorkOrderID. The field is a keyed field on the SQL server in all 3 tables. I can duplicate this same setup in Access 2007, and performance is great, so I am sure there is no problem with the server. This same server has many other tables that are much larger, but I just want to work with some smaller ones for now. If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve performance, I am all ears. Or if this is a known bug, let me know that too. Thanks in advance for any help.
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    Re: Sets seem to be very slow

    I do not have a need nor do I work with activelink tables right now.

    I do believe you had to generate a connection string to connect these tables to alpha. May i suggest you post your connections and how you set up your sets.

    maybe a couple of the people doing a lot of this can come to your aide better?


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      #3
      Re: Sets seem to be very slow

      Hi Lew,

      First off....welcome to the board!

      The discussion in the post below just recently appeared in the app server section. Some folks mention that using views in SQL and then connecting Alpha to that SQL view is a snappier way to go. Perhaps the link below can help some. I have only lightly played with MySQL and Alpha so I cannot offer first hand advice. But, hopefully this will help some.

      http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...light=sql+view

      Also, you might do a search on the board about the buffer setting on your activelink tables...I seem to remember something about that from days gone by here.

      Regards,

      Jeff

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        #4
        Re: Sets seem to be very slow

        Thanks for the responses guys.

        DaveM: I will post the connection strings tomorrow when I get back to work.

        jkletrovets: I will try setting up some views on the SQL server, and see if that yields a better result. I'm not sure where you set the buffer settings, but will look for that also and try adjusting.

        Reading through the forums, people seem to be helpful. I come from a background of Clarion, but haven't worked in it for a while. Prior to that Clipper (if anyone remembers it lol).

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          #5
          Re: Sets seem to be very slow

          Yeah Lew....you will find the folks on this board are quite helpful and there are some folks with some BIG TIME knowledge of Alpha on here that are very willing to share that knowledge.

          I have been helped many times here. One of the biggest assets Alpha has is this message board....so drop back after if you have more questions. More than likely someone will be able to help you.

          Regards,

          Jeff

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            #6
            Re: Sets seem to be very slow

            I can't seem to find an option that will allow me to change the buffer settings on an Active Link table. Does that option not apply to Active Link tables?

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              #7
              Re: Sets seem to be very slow

              Hi DaveM; here is the connection string
              {A5API='SQLServer',Server='SUADR',Trusted_connection=yes,Database='livedb'}
              It was generated by Alpha Five when I connected to the Active Link tables.

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                Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                Lew,

                I think I threw you off by using wrong terminology. It is the fetch limit I was thinking about. I have only played with ActiveLink tables so I am just going from past readings here.

                But, this thread may be of some help. I'll look a little more.

                Regards,

                Jeff

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                  Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                  Lew

                  Here is some more info that might be of help..

                  http://support.alphasoftware.com/Wha...LinkTables.htm

                  Search on Fetch on that page and there is some info regarding its use in active link tables.

                  Sorry I could not be more definitive with my answer...just trying to get you going in a possible direction for a good outcome for you.

                  Regards,

                  Jeff

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                    Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                    Originally posted by cx600 View Post
                    jkletrovets: I will try setting up some views on the SQL server, and see if that yields a better result. I'm not sure where you set the buffer settings, but will look for that also and try adjusting.
                    What is the result of the view testing ?

                    I would think that is the best way to proceed. That way more of the work is done on the server prior to sending the data to client.

                    Additional parameters can be manually typed in to the SQL connection. Where they are used or not is something to verify.
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                      Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                      I created a view on the SQL server, but had some trouble getting it layed out the way I wanted in Alpha then. Basically, there are 3 tables: The WorkOrder table, the WorkOrderLabor table, and the WorkOrderText table. Each work order can have multiple labor and text records associated with it. The best layout for my purpose would be to have 3 browses on a form, and when I scrolled through the WorkOrder browse, the other 2 browses would show the associated entries from the Labor and Text tables. It doesn't seem like I can achieve that using a view from the SQL server. Maybe some of you veteran Alpha Fivers can tell me if this idea is just not easily implemented.

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                        Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                        Hi Lew,

                        Yes, given that scenario...the view appears to not be the best solution. I guess play around with that Fetch Limit I mentioned. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

                        Also, there was another thread recently that connecting directly to SQL (without activelink) could yield dramtic performance improvements if the fetch limit does not do the trick for you.

                        Sorry I couldn't offer more definitive help.

                        Regards,

                        Jeff

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                          Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                          I also found that sets significantly degraded the performance of active link tables. What I've done instead is to make direct calls to SQL and populate Xdialogs. That works more or less instantaneously but unfortunately it entails a fair amount of programming. You can get some guidance by looking at "List Views Master-Detail" in the "Learning Xdialog" reference.

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                            Re: Sets seem to be very slow

                            Peter; thanks for the reply. Looks like I will need to learn xbasic very well if I am to use Alpha Five for accessing SQL databases the way I hoped. I am somewhat disappointed that it can't be done "the easy way," which is why I selected Alpha Five in the first place.

                            Thanks again for all the help here guys.

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