Re: Help in emulating an Informix form

In article <47e90k$5kb@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> apatanka@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu "Atul Patankar" writes: <long problem snipped> > The problem the users face is the "TYPE AHEAD" phenomenon, that we suspect is > caused by the following: Since the application uses attributes such as > "UPPERCASE", each character the user types has to travel all the way to the > application server, get processed and then sent back to the terminal to be > echoed. The local echo is turned off. Over a WAN, this traffic results in a > > 10 character "type ahead" at times. This bothers the users since the next > field they go to depends on the input to the previous field, so they have to > wait for the screen to catch up. The server is not stressed out at those times. > There is no runaway process hogging resources. So we think its the traffic. <proposed solution of write it in ESLQ/C> IMHO if you *do* succeed in any reduction of the network traffic your grateful users will just type faster! I think you need to address the WAN itself rather than spend time doing an ESQL/C input program, if you want a strong long-term solution. -- ============================================================================ Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! ============================================================================