Pq How Long?

[+We'reLostAgain]

Hi everyone

 

hope you had a good christmas

 

just (another) quick one

 

How long does it take for the PQs' to come thru? Are they emailed direct?

 

Am doing the search the Pharisee way are they gonna be big? only on a slow dail-up

[+Mad H@ter]

Assuming you have selected the ZIP option you should find the files are about 700 to 750 KB.

By default they are emailed direct to the email address you registered with GC.com (unless you choose an alternative). You will need to select which day/s you want the PQ's sent and it should normally arrive on the morning of that day. The more PQ's you have set up the latter in the day they tend to arrive as priority is given to those creating less traffic.

[Deego]

if you have not run it before. its normally an hour (or less) if its run every day it varies.

 

The last one I received was 650k zipped size (500 caches)

[+We'reLostAgain]

hmmm wonder if i dun somefin rong!!!!

 

did them a couple days ago was I ment to put a tick in the day box?

 

bet i was!

 

memo to me, remember to read more instructions!!

 

if i tick em all for wednesday, am i gonna get the mail from hell?

[Deego]

You can only run a maximum of FIVE per day. So set a couple per day

[+Stuey]

To try a PQ out, you can create it and preview it without actually specifying a day. If you then specify todays day and also choose the option to delete it once it's been run, it should come through instantly. It will be need to be recreated if you want to have it back in your PQ list though.

 

The time is Pacific time (-8 hours?), so you need to make sure you allow for this when running queries early in the mornings (I think).

[+Birders]

Last one we ran a couple of days ago was virtually instantaneous. One or two we've run have taken longer but (for us) the system has been working very well of late.

[+We'reLostAgain]

Done 5 a day

 

mite change them tho, seem to take a long to download

 

do i need to do them all every week, or just the last 1?

 

i really do have a slow connection(40kbs tops),is quicker to stick a stamp on and post it!!

 

 

oh well thanx for the help

[Deego]

If you dont need all the uk then cut down the mileage on it . I only cover 85 miles from my house (1200 caches) and get them all in 3 pq's

Edited December 29, 2004 by Deego

[+Pharisee]

Done 5 a day

 

mite change them tho, seem to take a long to download

 

do i need to do them all every week, or just the last 1?

 

i really do have a slow connection(40kbs tops),is quicker to stick a stamp on and post it!!

 

 

oh well thanx for the help

Once you've got all the UK loaded into GSAK, a quicker (though not 'perfect') way to keep it updated is to just have two PQ's running on a daily basis (or just once a week if that's all you need.)

 

1) all caches placed in the UK in the last 7 days

2) all caches updated in the UK in the last 7 days

 

Load these into your existing database but make sure that the 'Clear database before loading' box is NOT checked

 

The first will add any new caches

 

Not too sure exactly what the second one does but I think it will find the caches that have had their cache sheets changed by the cache owner. I'm sure someone out there will know and tell us