Estimated time of completion

Posted in 1995

Topics: Stored Procedures & SPL, Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL

Paul Eccleston — Fri, 6 Jan 1995 23:28:55 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hello All... I'm using Informix 4gl V4 RDS and a IBM RS6000. Today at work I was writing a year-end routine which I knew would take a LONG TIME to complete, thus I decided to write a function which would display the estimated time of completion. The program calculated how many rows in a table to update, and then timed how long 50 records took to update. This time was then used to work out how long was left to complete the program. Because of the RS being a multi-user system, the time was very erratic, going from say 10:50 hours to 18:00 hours to 2 hours. Can anybody suggest a better way of estimating how long a program will take, with less fluctuations? -- Paul Eccleston, COASTER COAST: The Ultimate Guide to Theme Parks Contact paul@ecles.demon.co.uk for information on how to receive this quality publication. ---NEWS--- Issue three just out with a new look. Containing a review of 1994, news of new roller-coaster/theme park developments, and much more.

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