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    I�m building a web application which will be used primarily for users to log on and print certain financial reports. Because of the complexity of some of the reports, data is taken from several tables and appended to 2 temporary tables and the report is made from a set derived from linking the 2 temp tables. Since, each time a report is run, the 2 temp tables are zapped and new data appended, I am concerned about the wait time to generate the report if several people try running the same report at the same time.

    So, what I am trying to accomplish is, instead of directly using the temp tables and set, to create 2 new randomly named tables, then link them to form a new set, then duplicate the existing temp set to the newly created set so that the newly created set will have the report layout from the temp set, run the report in pdf or html format, then delete the newly created set and tables. This way there is never a conflict except when the duplication happens which shouldn�t be a problem.

    I first created the code and tested in in a desktop application and it works fine. I won�t go into detail of the many ways I�ve tried to get this done. However, at one point I got it to work successfully in the interactive window of the page I want it to run on but it would hang up when it ran live. Below is the code I�m using at this point in time.
    When the page runs, the 2 new tables are created, the first table is added to the controlpanel then the page hangs up.

    <%a5
    ''SESSION VARIABLE TO BE USED FOR UDF PAGES
    session.headertbl=""
    session.datatbl=""
    session.set_name=""
    session.Ptbl_Name=""
    session.Ctbl_Name=""
    session.PSet_Name=""

    ''CREATE PARENT TABLE NAME AND LOCATION
    dim shared Pname as c
    Pname = "A"+rand_string(6)+".dbf"
    session.headertbl="[PathAlias.ADB_Path]"+"\\"+Pname
    session.Ptbl_Name=A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+Pname

    ''CREATE CHILD TABLE NAME AND LOCATION
    dim shared Cname as c
    Cname = "B"+rand_string(6)+".dbf"
    session.datatbl="[PathAlias.ADB_Path]"+"\\"+Cname
    session.Ctbl_Name=A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+Cname

    ''CREATE SET NAME AND LOCATION
    dim shared Sname as c
    Sname = left(Pname,7)+"_"+left(Cname,7)+".set"
    session.set_name = "[PathAlias.ADB_Path]"+"\\"+Sname
    session.PSet_Name = A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+Sname


    ''CODE TO CREATE NEW PARENT TABLE
    fields = <<%a%
    Clientno,c,10
    Code,c,10
    Company,c,50
    My1,c,8
    My2,c,8
    My3,c,8
    My4,c,8
    My5,c,8
    My6,c,8
    My7,c,8
    My8,c,8
    My9,c,8
    My10,c,8
    My11,c,8
    My12,c,8
    %a%
    create_table(session.Ptbl_Name, fields)

    ''CODE TO CREATE NEW CHILD TABLE
    fields = <<%a%
    Clientno,c,10
    Indicator,c,35
    M1,c,18
    M2,c,18
    M3,c,18
    M4,c,18
    M5,c,18
    M6,c,18
    M7,c,18
    M8,c,18
    M9,c,18
    M10,c,18
    M11,c,18
    M12,c,18
    %a%
    create_table(session.Ctbl_Name, fields)

    ''CREATE PARENT TABLE INDEX
    Dim t as p
    t=table.open(session.Ptbl_Name)
    t.index_create_begin("ZClientno","Clientno")
    t.index_create_end()
    t.close()

    ''CREATE CHILD TABLE INDEX
    Dim t as p
    t=table.open(session.Ctbl_Name)
    t.index_create_begin("ZClientno","Clientno")
    t.index_create_end()
    t.close()

    ''ADD PARENT TABLE TO CONTROLPANEL
    dim ptr_Ptbl as p
    dim Ptbl as c
    ptr_Ptbl = table.open(session.Ptbl_Name)
    Ptbl = ptr_Ptbl.filename_get()
    file_add_to_db(Ptbl)
    ptr_Ptbl.close()

    ''ADD CHILD TABLE TO CONTROLPANEL
    dim ptr_Ctbl as p
    dim Ctbl as c
    ptr_Ctbl = table.open(session.Ctbl_Name)
    Ctbl = ptr_Ctbl.filename_get()
    file_add_to_db(Ctbl)
    ptr_Ctbl.close()

    ''LINK TABLES TO CREATE SET
    dim parent_tbl as P
    dim child_tbl as P
    dim child_index as P
    parent_tbl = table.open(session.Ptbl_Name)
    child_tbl = table.open(session.Ctbl_Name)
    relation.link_type = LINK_MANY
    child_index = child_tbl.index_get("ZClientno")
    relation.index_child = child_index
    relation.order_parent = "Clientno"
    relation.ref_integrity = 0
    parent_tbl.relation_add(session.Ctbl_Name)
    parent_tbl.set_create(A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+session.PSet_Name)
    child_tbl.close()
    parent_tbl.close()

    ''DUPLICATE TEMP SET TO NEWLY CREATED SET
    A5_DUPLICATE_SET_FILES(A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+"ind_mavg_set", A5.GET_PATH()+"\\"+session.PSet_Name)

    ''ADD NEW SET TO TO CONTROLPANEL
    dim PSet as c
    dim ptr_PSet as P
    ptr_PSet = set.open(session.PSet_Name)
    PSet = ptr_PSet.filename_get()
    file_add_to_db(PSet)
    ptr_PSet.close()
    %>

    First of all, does what I�m trying to do make sense, and if so is it doable?? Is there a better way to handle the problem?? Am I paranoid about the possible wait time if I go ahead and design it using the original Temp Table setup??

    I�m using A5V9 Plat.
    By the way, the reports that I�m concerned about have 2 UDF pages that are included on the reports select page and each has over 2000 lines of code that are used to empty and repopulate the tables in the report set. Yet the reports run in about 3 seconds (locally). Again, my concern is what is going to happen when 2 or more users attempt to run the same report at the same time.

    I�ve spent so much time on this that I can�t even think straight about it any more!!

    Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

    JAS

    #2
    Re: Report Question

    You don't need to work quite that hard. Instead, you can take a working copy of your tables and sets, and put them in the current user's session folder. Then, work with them. Here are some pertinent snippets from one of my apps:

    Code:
    ' Create copy of table in session folder
    new_table = session.session_folder + "pm_projection.dbf"
    dim table_name as c 
    table_name = "[pathalias.adb_path]\pm_projection.dbf"
    dim tbl as p 
    tbl = table.open(table_name)
    tbl.duplicate(new_table,3)
    tbl.close()
    t = table.open(session.session_folder + "pm_projection.dbf", file_rw_shared)
    ' now go ahead and fill table "t" with the necessary data.
    With this method, no one's waiting -- everybody gets their own data processed in their own session folder.
    -Steve
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      #3
      Re: Report Question

      Steve:
      I'm a little dense sometimes, so please bear with me.
      If I copy the 2 temp tables and the temp set, the report layout will be derived from the session folder as well??

      Jim

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        #4
        Re: Report Question

        The answer to your question is in this line:

        Code:
        tbl.duplicate(new_table,3)
        Check out the help docs on this one. The last parameter - the "3" in this case - dictates what gets duplicated. You can change that parameter to duplicate whatever parts of the table you want.

        A set, whenever copied somewhere else, will contain the reports that are part of the set.
        -Steve
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          #5
          Re: Report Question

          Thanks Steve
          It looks so simple. I should have asked yesterday. Ah well, you live and learn(painfully sometimes).

          Thanks again for the speedy help.
          Jim

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            #6
            Re: Report Question

            How do you "force" <TBL>.DUPLICATE() to duplicate the table on the "shadow copy" (client) as opposed to creating it on the "server?" (LAN Network applications)

            Someone on one of the forums here indicated there was a way to "force this" to happen. I know you can specify the directory & file name within the parameters of the method itself, but is this directory/file specification relative to the pc from which you are running the app on? ~ Or is it relative to the location of the application on the "server."

            I'm thinking that for routines like cash receipts etc.... You sometimes need to create a temporary empty table on the client (which includes "cloning" the data structure of a "template table") to grab totals / summaries of outstanding invoices, along with summary payment info etc....... (I hope I'm on track here!)


            ANSWER: http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...uot-(local-PC)
            Last edited by SNusa; 02-14-2012, 10:21 AM.
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