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    #1

    Be honest!

    Is V4.5 worth upgrading too or should I wait till V5?


    Jamin
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    #2
    RE: Be honest!

    Ever have any index problems? In 4.5 they're gone.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      RE: Be honest!

      Honestly, I have had very little problems with indexes in v 4 but maybe what i have developed has not been abused as much as others.

      Jamin

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        #4
        RE: Be honest!

        You can't afford to NOT get v4.5! The cost of 4.5 is 100% applied to v5. What's there to loose?

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          #5
          RE: Be honest!

          Ken

          Ya make a very convincing point! Not only will I become a better database designer but I will save my company 10 billion dollars. Thats how much the total savings would be if we upgraded all the pirated CD's I made(just kidding).

          Seriously. What is the general feel about the product and what it has to offer.

          Jamin

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            #6
            RE: Be honest!

            Jamin,

            If you have an app that is running smoothly in v4.03, the update to v4.5 may not show much change. I initially stayed with 4.03 for some time. But since moving to v4.5 I noticed a slight improvement in speed, many fewer problems with indexes, and the addition of new features that have proven very useful. An example is the allow_editing() function with returns T of F depending on where editing is allowed or not (F3 toggle). Mode_get() wasn't always doing what I needed.

            There have been some new issues with v4.5 because some things work slightly differently, but they seem very rare. What finally changed my mind was the fact that the purchase price can be 100% applied to v5, so why not?

            I have attached the pdf file that comes with v4.5 that shows all of the changes. It is more detailed than the information on the Alpha web site.

            Jerry

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              #7
              RE: Be honest!

              Let's try this again - file attached, I hope

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                #8
                RE: Be honest!

                No luck. I guess because of all the virus attacks lately, either the Alpha site or my server has file transfers blocked.

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                  #9
                  RE: Be honest!

                  Jerry,
                  Do post it when you can.
                  Peter
                  Peter
                  AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                   [email protected]
                  https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                    #10
                    RE: Be honest!

                    I'll give it a shot, zipped.
                    There can be only one.

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                      #11
                      RE: Be honest!

                      Nope, maybe the uploads are quarantined.

                      Stan
                      There can be only one.

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                        #12
                        RE: Be honest!

                        4.5 is faster. The bigger the application, the bigger the improvement. On my biggest application the increase is dramatic.

                        There are one or two small incompatibilities so you must test your application in 4.5 before letting the world have it.

                        Bill
                        Bill Hanigsberg

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                          #13
                          RE: Be honest!

                          Small incompatibilities-is that like being a little pregnant

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                            #14
                            RE: Be honest!

                            Bill,

                            A 'need for speed' question, sparked by your enthusiasm for 4.5's performance:

                            I've got a data file of 800,000+ records, about 1k/record. One of its many cute features is a little zip code radius thing (many thanks to Tommy Thompson & friends!) which returns all records within x miles radius on zip centers (I give users 2 choices, 25 & 50 miles).

                            When a new start point is chosen, A5 may take 3-5 minutes to return the records w/in the radius (running on a recent-vintage Dell notebook, nothing special hardware-wise).

                            Would A5 4.5 shorten that 3-5 min cycle appreciably? If you need more clues, I'll try to supply them (truth in advertising: Geoff Hollander would probably warn you I can be dumb as a post).

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                              #15
                              RE: Be honest!

                              Greg:

                              The truth is I don't know. There is supposed to be a big speed improvement where there lots of calculated fields. Perhaps this has implications for your zip code application.

                              I do *not* have lots and lots of calc fields so I can't assess this. However, I have lots of complicated queries and they run dramatically faster. It is really noticable.

                              You now possess my entire experience base on this issue.

                              The thing is, 4.5 is free because its price is applicable against the upgrade to version 5 which we are all extremely likely to purchase.

                              Bill
                              Bill Hanigsberg

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