Re: update a large number of records from web interface

If you are after the Excel look and feel, note that OWC is depricated.
Microsoft will be offering a technology called Excel Services which is a
part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It has been designed to
scale and perform on a server. But it as not going to be a replacement for
OWC from the functionality perspective and it is not free anymore.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin


"Priya" <Priya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm faced with a classic problem of how to update a large number of
records from a web page. I;m trying to build an interface that will
display recordset in the order of 3000 rows and allow the user to edit and
update records from that interface. I have cached some static lists in
the page but the main recordset should reflect updated data so it can't
be cached. I also compute some control functions over the whole data.
This will let the user validate the data he has input/updated. I can't
use paginataion because the client wants to see all of his records at
once. I allow filtering by some parameters but that reduces the dataset to
only abt 900-1200 records.

The datagrid takes a long time to render so many rows. I haven't used
OWC spread*** control before. Would it scale to support these many
records? The client can't be weaned off his Excel spread*** and wants a
similar look and feel in the web interface.
Can anybody point me to a client -side control that will display a
large number of records efectively?
I apologise for this naive interpretation of a much worked problem. I
would appreciate any inputs or ideas on how I can updated a large number
of records from a web front-end.
Thanks
Priya


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