[FX.php List] Re-That sinking feeling: FileMaker 12 & FX ?

[Bob Patin]

On May 9, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> I think the answer is "it depends." The inclusion of any portals or even related fields on a layout affects performance more and more as the record count goes up. At some point, that time hit passes the extra time needed for a separate query.

Which is why I've always gone to the related table rather than pulled a portal; like you said, you pull a whole list of records when you do that, rather than just the related record(s) you might want.

I've never shied away from having "serial queries..." :)


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