externalizing data

[Bob Sneidar]

Ya I bet he means using a card as a form and reading data into and out of it from a database. Pretty much standard procedure nowadays for database apps. 

Bob S


> On Oct 29, 2014, at 14:34 , Timothy Miller <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com> wrote:
> 
> On Oct 25, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> tend to externalize my data, paging it in and out of controls in a single card
> 
> What does it mean to externalize data by paging it in and out of controls in a single card?
> 
> A wild guess: It means keeping the data in an external database, swapping data from card to database and vice-versa, with an LC script. Correct?
> 
> With a large database, it's going to be faster. Any other advantages?
> 
> Timothy Miller
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