> I do not know the specifics of your application, but surely doesn't look
like a good sign that your application keeps consuming more and more memory.
>
> Take a look at the CLR Profiler tool from Microsoft and try to profile

> In that case - yes.. if you did specify data structures that are going to

>
> However, again it is application-specific to see if such a "hard-coding"

"Lei Jiang" <code@263.net> wrote in message
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> These are two different things. Allocating memory by declaring size of an
> array is something inside application, specifing initial size for the
> application is outside the program. If the initial memory size is large
> enough, allocating memory by declaring an array will cause less Win32
> memory
> allocation and less page swap, and my program will run faster.
>
> "Pandurang Nayak" <npandurang_AT_blr_DOT_cognizant_DOTcom_NOSPAM> дÈëÏûÏ¢
> news:5B82AF15-8A04-408C-BD5B-E7227E44B0B6@microsoft.com...
>> In that case - yes.. if you did specify data structures that are going to
> hold the data read from the database, and you explicitly allocate memory
> (say by declaring size of an array, etc.) - then you could save a little
> on
> loading time.
>>
>> However, again it is application-specific to see if such a "hard-coding"
> is a good practice or not.
>
>

"Lei Jiang" <code@263.net> wrote in message
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> These are two different things. Allocating memory by declaring size of an
> array is something inside application, specifing initial size for the
> application is outside the program. If the initial memory size is large
> enough, allocating memory by declaring an array will cause less Win32
memory
> allocation and less page swap, and my program will run faster.

>
> "Lei Jiang" <code@263.net> wrote in message
> news:%23zCUMO$bEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > These are two different things. Allocating memory by declaring size of
an
> > array is something inside application, specifing initial size for the
> > application is outside the program. If the initial memory size is large
> > enough, allocating memory by declaring an array will cause less Win32
> memory
> > allocation and less page swap, and my program will run faster.
>
> There's a Win32 API called SetWorkingSet that affects how much swapping
will
> happen; a program must be priviledged to call this API (it can reduce the
> RAM available to other applications).
>
>