if anyone have used arrays in IB please tell me your opinion!
on this:
i have to store some float data, eg:
2.56
3.55
....
but there are unknown portions of numbers,
eg.: from 1 number to 50-100 numbers or so
I have to save numbers in predefined order,
this means number position is important
eg.:
If I have format
k1,k2,k3,k4
and data:
k1=2.5
k3=4.4
k4=1.0
if I've used string i'd have to write it like this:
2.5,(NULL or maybe 0),4.4,1.0
so what is better (faster effective) to store data in a string column or to use an float ARRAY on that field holding max posible numbers eg. 100 and just assign values to defined index eg.
some_arr[0]=k1 => =2.5
some_arr[0]=k1 => =NULL or 0
some_arr[0]=k3 => =4.4
some_arr[0]=k1 => =1.0
which solve will econom server time, or disk space or etc. and wich is better?