I am using the qvdcreatetime function to check whether a certain QVD file exists and depending on the result, perform a load or skip (next loop).
My QV app loads data (QVD files) from different copanies and within each company several years are loaded by using for next statements for both companies and years. As not all years exist for each company, you can easily check whether a load for a certain company/year should be performed Y/N using the function above.
However, I have 2 QV apps that are both using the same QVD files (not all but certain) and these reload processes are running simultaneously. This should not cause any problem as the reload of the data itself (QVD) has been performed before.
But guess what : when my first app is loading the data in memory, the qvdcreatetime function apparently returns a <null> value during this load.
Is there any way to avoid this or should I use another command to check this ?
Underneath, you can find the proof (coming from the .qvw.log files)
1) First app reading
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0265 LET vQVD_exists = qvdcreatetime('..\QVD\Accounting\BalanceSheet_03_2011.qvd')
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0267 If len('2011-10-18 04:31:54') <> 0 then
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0270 tt_BalanceSheet:
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0271 LOAD
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0272 key_BS_account_number as key_BS_account,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0273 key_BS_inter_company as key_BS_inter,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0274 BS_account_number_type,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0275 key_BS_period_AY as key_period_AY,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0276 key_BS_currency_cnv,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0277 sum(BS_amount_system_currency) as BS_amount_system_currency,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0278 sum(BS_amount_ytd_system_currency) as BS_amount_ytd_system_currency
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0279 FROM ..\QVD\Accounting\BalanceSheet_03_2011.qvd (qvd)
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0280 GROUP BY
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0281 key_BS_account_number,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0282 key_BS_inter_company,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0283 BS_account_number_type,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0284 key_BS_period_AY,
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0285 key_BS_currency_cnv
18/10/2011 5:51:47: 0286
18/10/2011 5:53:29: 7 fields found: key_BS_account, key_BS_inter, BS_account_number_type, key_period_AY, key_BS_currency_cnv, BS_amount_system_currency, BS_amount_ytd_system_currency, 46.532 lines fetched
2) 2nd app reading the same file
18/10/2011 5:52:20: 0356 LET vQVD_exists = qvdcreatetime('..\QVD\Accounting\BalanceSheet_03_2011.qvd')
18/10/2011 5:52:20: 0358 If len('') <> 0 then
Look at the timestamps. The first app checks the QVD at 5:51:47 and loads the data (using a group by) untill 5:53:29
The 2nd app checks the QVD at 5:52:20 and returns <null>. As an intermediate solution, I have scheduled both reloads separately at this moment. However, the main reason for building QVD files is that you create these files once and use them in many apps so each app is based on exactly the same data set. In my case I am missing a full year of data.
