Justin Leavens did a summit presentation that showed c_objects were much faster than arrays for searching. Might be worth a test.
On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Mike McCall <mike.mcc...@facilitate.com> wrote: > Thanks so much Chip for the suggestion, > > That thought also crossed my mind but unfortunately with the silly number > of variables we currently have, over 20,000 in total, my initial tests > suggested that it could seriously affect performance to go with that > approach. > > I'd really prefer not to have to do a complete rewrite of how we handle > form fields since that would be very time consuming. > > Thanks again and definitely let me know if you or anyone else has any > other idea. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: 4D_Tech [mailto:4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com] On Behalf Of Chip > Scheide > Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 12:38 PM > To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > Subject: Re: Automatic Variable Assignment and Web Get Variables - Bad > usage of pointer or pointer to an unknown variable > > I do NO web work so take this idea with that in mind > > Instead of : > On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:58:16 +0000, Mike McCall wrote: > > Else > > $p:=Get pointer(arr_Web_Field_Name{$i}) > > $p->:=arr_Web_Field_Value{$i} > > End case > > if (find in array($arr_Legal_Variable_Names;arr_Web_Field_Name{$i})>0) > $p:=Get pointer(arr_Web_Field_Name{$i}) > $p->:=arr_Web_Field_Value{$i} > else > `do nasty things since someone tried to hack your server end if > > Where arr_Legal_Variable_Names > is an array of valid variable names and any value NOT in this array is an > error Chip > > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
