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Post by nicodido on Nov 22, 2023 8:15:31 GMT
I am new to this board so please forgive if I address an already known error. I have a more than an average music collection (5887 albums, 71000 tracks and 27000 persons, but still busy). When I add a new track to an album I encounter a performance issue. The first add can take minutes, the next one gives no problem. As far as I can figure out, this is an index problem. It looks like catraxx is busy reorganizing index files. My question is: is it possible to add more index files to solve this problem, or is there any other solution?
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Post by ustoexx on Nov 22, 2023 8:50:01 GMT
How big is your database?
Images: Do you link or store them in the database?
Best practice: link them to the DB.
Concerning index-files:
I don't think it's possible to change the index-method of the MS-Access-Database.
In fact, it is normally a very quick and reliable database.
My database has about 2.000 albums, 26.000 songs and 15.000 persons - absolutely no performance problems.
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Post by nicodido on Nov 22, 2023 10:21:42 GMT
Thanks for your reaction. The size of the DB is 613,37 MB. I don't know whether I link or store them in the DB. What I do is 'Acquire image from Scanner'. Does that store them in the DB?
And my concerns about the index-files. I remember from my years as DBA with a bank (a long time ago) that this may become a performance issue. A solution then was to add one or more extra indexes to solve it. But that may be not the case here. Don't know.
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Post by ustoexx on Nov 22, 2023 10:45:21 GMT
Thanks for your reaction. The size of the DB is 613,37 MB. I don't know whether I link or store them in the DB. What I do is 'Acquire image from Scanner'. Does that store them in the DB? And my concerns about the index-files. I remember from my years as DBA with a bank (a long time ago) that this may become a performance issue. A solution then was to add one or more extra indexes to solve it. But that may be not the case here. Don't know. You define the storage method via 'Tools - Options - Multimedia' Take a look at the attachment. ![]()  |
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Post by nicodido on Nov 22, 2023 11:27:59 GMT
Great. I changed that to 'Link to image files'. Now the thing to do is to move all the images from DB to file, I guess. Is there a trick for that one?
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Post by DougWilliams on Nov 22, 2023 12:00:59 GMT
Before extracting the the images and linking them, make a backup of the MDB file. And there's a couple other things to try before linking the images. 1) Repair the database TOOLS > REPAIR DATABASE Then FILE > COMPACT DATABASE If that doesn't help try 2) Transferring to a new database Create a new database: FILE > NEW DATABASE Once that is created FILE > TRANSFER  Click START Then open the new database and try adding a new record. |
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Post by nicodido on Nov 22, 2023 12:26:18 GMT
Well then. The repair and compact helped! Problem solved. Thank you ustoexx and thank you Doug.
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Post by ustoexx on Nov 22, 2023 12:39:37 GMT
;-)
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Post by DougWilliams on Nov 22, 2023 12:55:22 GMT
Good to hear!
The extraction of images is still a good idea but take a bit of time to read the forum about others who have been through it. There are a number of things to consider.
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