PHD

[Richard Witkopp]

Yes, we tried it several different ways. I said "scrolling by" as
a way to emphasize it was still parsing when it blew up, not updating
the dictionary. We had several hundred records, maybe thousands, I
can't remember, it was years ago.

> Just as a note to this, sending the output to a file rather than
> the screen cuts the processing time enormously.
> 
> Our dictionary takes approx 40mins to compile if output is sent to the
> screen, but takes only 45-50 seconds if output is sent to a file.
> 
> 	eg    pdl auto=dict.pdl > pdl.out
> 
> Also if you get any errors then it is much easier to edit a 
> file and check
> than hope that the errors are still in your scroll buffer.
> 
> Regards
> Russell Garner
> Senior Analyst
> Australian Arrow
> 
> >
> >BTW, I worked at a site where the dictionary was too large to
> >compile the PDL source. After 45 minutes of scrolling elements
> >and records by, it just puked and quit. We tried it several
> >times and at various times of the day without ever getting it
> >to recompile.
> 
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