On 2017-12-29 12:18, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> At 07:47 2017-12-29, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

>> I've seen long-time softwares with VFP backends that had a ton of data

>> (10+ years worth) and I had devised a method in one case recently to

>> be able to "archive" old data by storing it in a subfolder

>> intelligently (so it could be easily retrieved and/or reimported into

>> the main data set). I haven't used a VFP backend since 2004 when Bob

>> Lee introduced me to the MySQL world but nonetheless I thought I'd ask

>> if devs here ever put anything like an "archiving" feature into their

>> software, and how they do it. In my case, instead of slinging 600MB

>> of data across the network (in the case of one of my clients), my

>> archiving showed a reduction of like 75%, so only 25% of that was

>> being pulled across the LAN instead. (They didn't need all the data

>> from the beginning of the App's time...they just needed

>> relevant/recent data.)

>>

>> I realize that with MySQL and other such RDBMSes this is a non-issue,

>> but I wanted to ask the VFP-backend folks their approach to this for

>> the sake of (hopefully) interesting discussion. One final juicy

>> thread before 2017 is finished. :-)

>

> I added an archive/dearchive to my client billing app years ago.

> The tables that we were concerned about were the work transaction

> table and the invoice table. Archive up to a selected date. It is ad

> hoc.

Hi Gene,

THAT'S what I'm talking about. I'll be this feature really gives your

app twice the shelf-life too since it can basically hold almost up to

TWICE as much as a single maximum with this design!

Nice touch.

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