Prefetch factor (-prefetchFactor)

Use Prefetch Factor (-prefetchFactor) to establish a percentage of a network message required to contain prefetched data before sending the message to a waiting remote client.

Operating system and syntax UNIX / Windows -prefetchFactor n
Use with Maximum value Minimum value Single-user default Multi-user default
Database Server 100 0 — 100
n
The percent of a message buffer to fill before sending it to a waiting remote client.

The number of records in a network buffer is also influenced by the Prefetch Num Recs (-prefetchNumRecs) parameter.

See the Manage the OpenEdge Database for a discussion of the interaction between the parameters.