CompuServe Messages

Jeffrey: Congrats on some obviously frutiful and insightful use of CDROM in real-life. The issues you describe, and your caveats regarding them, are very helpful. >>Disk intensive functions include accessing multiple indexes, linking and joining tables, running the same query often (e.g. generating summary tables or lists of names, etc.).<< Your point here is particularly well-taken. CDROM is often slow becuase the developer is trying to use it like a traditional mag disk, instead of the different medium and device it truly is. Relational works well on hard disk, at least partially, because disk acess in that environment is "cheap and easy." I wonder if you have developed any techniques for maintaining relational data effectively on CDROM. How does your "multiple copy" approach work? Thanks. Rich Bowers