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First, why do you want to preserve navigation across the entire table? Why not have the users select the records they are interested in?</font></i>
You're probably right. It was just a convenience that had always be there along with the search forms.
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If you are currently allowing users to navigate a huge table, a remote view of that table will not be a significantly bigger load on your network. So if the app absolutely has to allow them that kind of navigation, go for it.</font></i>
I've tried that. It works for unsorted lists but the <b>order by</b> in the select statement takes too much time.
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However, with large data sets, it is almost always better to give users a way to select the record they want, rather than navigating record-by-record through a huge table. I typically remove the VCR-button navigation, and replace it with search forms.</font></i>
I will do that. Thanks.
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