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From: "Geoff Simonds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The app is running on Windows XP machines and I assume that disk files are
cached. The strange thing is that the time it takes for the initial read
into RAM after install and first use is significantly shorter than after a
reboot. For example, if you just installed the app and start it, the
first time you do a query you see results in about 2 seconds. Subsequent
queries come back much almost instantaneously. If the user reboots the
machine or waits until the next day and performs the same query, it now
takes about 15 seconds. After the 15 seconds, results come back and
subsequent queries are instantaneous. I am not sure if this has anything
to do with it but the app is a Deskband that lives in the taskbar on
windows.
That's not so strange, really. When the app is installed (along with the
database), the Windows disk cache probably has at least part of the database
file cached -- afterall it just got finished writing it.
Robert
