Guessing without putting hands on it, but it may be that you have an average or summation which is being recalculated with every record calculation. Try letting the calculation happen while you are looking at a blank layout for the TO. Then try it with only the calculation that you changed showing.
Bill Holt On Fri, November 14, 2008 11:52, Peter Kilcoyne wrote: > This is really a re-post of an earlier problem. I have a FM 8.5 > advanced database the consists of 8 tables that are related and shared thru > Filemaker network. A week or so ago I made what I thought > was a minor update to a calc. It began "Recalculating" 2,664 records. A > minute later is was down to 2,663 records. Prior to that change the > database was running fine. > > Two nights ago, after checking relationships, rebuilding a calendar > table that I had hoped would solve the problem, I changed the calc again. > It began it's recalculating of the 2,664 records. Since it was > already late in the day I left it running and went home. The next day it > had only gotten through 784 records. There is even a hesitation when I > access the scripts; they open, but for a moment the box is blank , like it > is looking for something, then finds it and the scripts come in. > > I have had out IT service check my computer and I have run virus > programs, I have consulted with Filemaker. I've saved compressed files, > made clones, and rebuilt one table. > > I know I'm asking a lot since you can't experience the problem in > email, but if anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate them since the > only solution I have is to rebuild the whole thing from scratch at this > point. I have back ups of the data but not the structure. Lesson learned. > > Peter > >
