Ya I bet he means using a card as a form and reading data into and out of it from a database. Pretty much standard procedure nowadays for database apps.
Bob S > On Oct 29, 2014, at 14:34 , Timothy Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> tend to externalize my data, paging it in and out of controls in a single >> card > > What does it mean to externalize data by paging it in and out of controls in > a single card? > > A wild guess: It means keeping the data in an external database, swapping > data from card to database and vice-versa, with an LC script. Correct? > > With a large database, it's going to be faster. Any other advantages? > > Timothy Miller > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
