FMP8
WinXP

Is there a practical limit to the amount of information a script-variable
can hold. Until now I allways used global fields. For a single word I can
see that a variable has its advantages. But how about holding text just
before exporting it. To the amount of 2000 characters each go. Anythoughts
on speed, reliability?

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Ursus

In article <436cf1d0$0$99062$dbd4d001 (AT) news (DOT) wanadoo.nl>,
secret (AT) nowhere (DOT) com says...
I wouldn't worry much about it unless you actually had some big data

-Dave

ursus.kirk wrote:
Variables are going to be much faster then field values.

I have come to believe that the role of global fields should and will
become very limited. The only reasons I can think of to use global
fields are for display purposes:

1) You need to display some temporary value on a layout.

2) You have a portal based on a special relationship where you want to
allow users to change how or what is displayed in the portal.

Anything I'm missing or any downsides to this way of thinking?

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