[amibroker] Re: Massive data loading?

["jacklweinberg" <jacklweinberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tomasz,
Perhaps my original message wasn't clear.
I have the data in txt files, and am using AmiBroker "Import Files" 
to load them into the database. That is the process that is taking 
over 32 hours!

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> It is MUCH quicker if you change the settings.
> Default settings are fail-safe. You can however 
> change "number of simultaneous downloads" to 5 or more.
> BY setting it say to 10 you can get 10x speed up,
> however Yahoo may block you after some excessive downloading
> and you will need to revert to defaults and wait a couple of 
minutes
> for Yahoo to unblock you.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jacklweinberg" <jacklweinberg@xxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:33 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Massive data loading?
> 
> 
> > Does anyone have experience at loading up an entirely new 
database 
> > with AmiBroker?
> > For example, loading AB with all of Nasdaq with 5 years of data?
> > I used the file import command, and selected a series of .txt 
files, 
> > and it takes around 32 hours of elapsed time per year!!! (On a 
fast 
> > machine, no less!)
> > Does anyone know of a quicker method?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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