Re: Filemaker Slowdown with AS
Re: Filemaker Slowdown with AS
- Subject: Re: Filemaker Slowdown with AS
- From: Giorgio Valoti <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 19:08:03 +0100
- Organization: MMNet
Ehsan Saffari wrote:
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On 08/03/2001 08 Mar 2001, Kevin Morrison <email@hidden>
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wrote:
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>I have a Filemaker database. An AS in the database works great, but as the
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>database grows in size it is taking longer and longer to complete the
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>script. I'm befuddled because it is only working (or so I thought) with the
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>current record- not all of them. The script as it sits now is:
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>*********
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>tell application "Filemaker Pro"
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>activate
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>tell database "MyDatabase.FP3"
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>set myvar1 to cell Namecalc" of current record
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>set field "Body" to myvar1 as text
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>end tell
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>end tell
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>*********
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>Any clues as to why this is happening and any workarounds is, as usual
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>greatly appreciated.
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from the code it appears that it is trying to set the value of column
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"Body" in the current found set to the value of cell "Namecalc" of the
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current record!
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If that is what is intended, then it could be easily accompolished with a
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FMP script, and the Replace command.
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And also might explain the slowdown.... As Ehsan said if this is what are you
trying to do you could this with a FileMaker script.
HTH
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Giorgio Valoti
Magnetic Media Network <
http://www.magneticmedia.com>
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