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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Dennis Holverstott wrote:
> > DBC admitted the price was above their
> > "network data limit", and has a "fix" for it, namely dropping the last
> > zero in the transmission.
>
> They don't seem to have any problem transmitting ticks for $INDU,
> currently at 9893.84.
They do even larger numbers - NYSE volume, for example. It is likely a
matter of how they code the info for each field. To cram as much as
possible into their limited bandwidth, they might choose some max # for a
field, and use just enough bits to transmit it. The problems come up
when it exceeds this assumption, as it just did.
A good solution might be for DBC to run a pgm that flags numbers that are
within, say, 3-4 StdDevDlyRange of the max, and fix those fields before
they go over. Not very hard, and would save users a *lot* of trouble...
Larry Wright
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