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Re: Omega Server question



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At 12:10 PM -0700 2/14/99, Brian Elkins wrote:

>I am really confused about something, and I have a feeling I'm just
>missing something obvious.

>In Server, when File-Portfolio is opened, I go to Add to add a symbol, I
>add the symbol to the "symbols to be added box", then, in the lower left
>corner of the window is a box that can be checked and the number of days
>specified that data is saved for (by default the box is checked and I
>believe the number is 5000). I click OK here and then a dialog box comes
>up asking if I want to import data from the historical CD or the
>downloader and I select the historical CD.

>Now here is the part I'm confused about, a dialog box comes up asking me
>to specify the dates I wish to collect data for. I thought I had already
>specified that in the box that has 5000 days as the default? Which one
>takes precedence here, or am I just missing something?


When you specify the dates to be entered from the CD ROM it tells you all
the dates available on the CD ROM. If you try to save all of those dates,
it will only store the 5000 days worth of data.

Bob Fulks