On 9/11/2012 9:35 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > I'm losing my mind over this > > At a client site, they run a report which can take 30 mins to generate, > over the network > When they run it on a local pc, it takes 5 secs > > Without boring you with all the details, essentially, the following code > makes up the report > *trcask4=a date > *trcask5=a date > > Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, > "H" As SRCE From winhst Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Union All; > Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, > "I" As SRCE From wininvs Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Union All ; > Select Date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,qty,ttlamount,disc,ppb,cost,Desc, > "J" As SRCE From wintime Where Between(Date,trcask4,trcask5) Into Table > (myfile) > > The Winhst file has about 500,000 records > The other 2 less than a 1000 combined > > There seems to be a big difference in time if no-ones else has logged into > the app from a different workstation > > Can anyone suggest a way to make this go quicker?
What happens if you use "DATE BETWEEN trcask4 and trcask5" instead of using VFP's BETWEEN function? iirc, BETWEEN(field,arg1,arg2) was NOT optimizable but "field BETWEEN arg1 and arg2" was optimizable. hth, --Mike -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/5050b7af.1000...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
