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Re: [amibroker] Re: ODBC + DDE



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Tomasz Janeczko
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lucianomt" <lucianomt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:16 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: ODBC + DDE


> Tomasz, thank for the prompt response. I currently don't need millisecond latency as my trades are not high frequency in nature. 
> Anything under a few seconds is fine. Would you recommend using either the native DDE plug-in or ADK?
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> SQL database & ODBC is wrong path for high-perf RT.
>>
>> ODBC is rather slow as it was never designed by Microsoft to be used as a real-time streaming tool.
>> Also all standard SQL databases are way too slow for real time applications.
>>
>> Only proprietary binary low-level dbs like AmiBroker own, that are very low level and not SQL based
>> are able to offer right speed.
>>
>> As for interfaces - only direct APIs (like AmiBroker Dev Kit) that operate directly
>> on binary data via direct pointers and no need for copying data and without SQL overhead are fast enough.
>>
>> For commercial databases that offer better performance than SQL see Berkeley DB
>> http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/db/index.html
>>
>> (Read their white papers that explain why all relational, sql-based databases are simply too slow)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "lucianomt" <lucianomt@xxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:30 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] ODBC + DDE
>>
>>
>> >I am trying to set up real-time feeds on AB. I have a SQL database that contains all the necessary data. The only problem is the
>> >very high delay I get using the ODBC plug-in. To pull up about 1000 bars for 150 tickers takes approx. 10 minutes, which makes 
>> >it
>> >impractical for real-time. (The same process using local database takes 1 second.)
>> >
>> > So my first question is: am I doing something wrong? Is there any way to improve this performance significantly or is the ODBC
>> > solution inherently slow?
>> >
>> > If nothing can be done to improve ODBC, I thought I could upload the historical data into the local database and them use a
>> > different source, say DDE, to update the real-time quotes for the current day. Would that solution work?
>> >
>> > Please note that the historical data needs to be updated daily since it is a total-return series.
>> >
>> >
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