Re: Forms Efficiency question

Store the master data in a package and read the package variables on a when-new-forms-instance trigger in the detail forms.

"Steve E." <steve.eckersley_at_ITS.lancscc.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3a156e32$1_at_news.norweb.net...
> Hi,
> I have a question regarding the best solution to an application
> design I have. I have a main master form from which users navigate to
 detail
> forms, and displayed on the top of each of these detail forms is a summary
> of the important details from the master record (name, address etc). What
> I'm considering is whether it would be better to pass the data for this
> header block in as parameters (12 fields varying from 1 - 60 chrs) or to
> have the block as a data block and perform a query. The table has 70
 columns
> and about 1 million records. Buy the way this application is running over
> the web.
>
> Thanks for any comments.
>
> Steve E.
>
>
Received on Sat Nov 18 2000 - 04:38:13 CET