GetFieldContents algorithm is quite slow.

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GetFieldContents algorithm is quite slow.

Closed this issue 10 years ago · 2 comments

Sadly, there is no API_GetFieldContents call available, so we're using our own algorithm to accomplish such a task. And although it works (and is incredibly valuable), it is also quite slow. It usually takes 3000-10000 ms to complete.

Answer 1 · 2015-09-01T13:51:41.000Z

Well, I'm attempting to use Binary Search to knock down the time, since we were doing a linear search before. Sadly though, API_GetRecordInfo sorts its fields by name instead of fid for some (stupid) reason.

Answer 2 · 2015-12-28T19:24:36.000Z

There isn't a way to fix this. However, we now have a GenerateFieldContentsArray method which is much faster when we need to return several fields for any record(s). Closing.