Compiled vs Uncompiled Quiz

[Ravenscroft, Wanda L]

We've always run compiled Quiz here.  I generally delete any subfiles and
subfile dictionaries created by a previous run of the job.  One thing I've
been doing recently is when the report gets kicked off by the user, I have
it submit to a batch queue to run.  This releases the users screen and
allows them to go on and do other things.  They get an e-mail of the report
when it's done running.  If there was an error during running, they get an
e-mail of that as well telling them who to call to have the problem
researched.
They've definitely appreciated having their screen released to go on and do
other things because some of their reports can take 10 - 15 minutes.

Wanda Ravenscroft
Energizer
VMS 7.1, PH 7.10.F1


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kemner [mailto:pkemner@bright.net]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:33 AM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Re: Compiled vs Uncompiled Quiz


As I understand it, "Compiled" is somewhat of a misnomer. Maybe a better
term would be "pre-parsed". This may be different on some platforms, but
from what I've seen, a "compiled" quiz saves some of the time between when
the "use" statement is entered and the "go" is reached.

In a lot of cases, the savings doesn't seem worth it. If you were running a
report online from a quick screen, perhaps the 1 or 2 seconds is worth it.
I don't think it saves any time for the actual run of the report. As
someone else mentioned, you can use run-time generated code if you don't
"compile", and a minor dictionary change won't make your report blow up.
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