Re: Me know logical no need
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41333
interpreted = N
texte = We recently did a job like this with a fortnightly update of 20,000 products via a tab delimited file.The file was junk so we just asked them to change the format so it would work better and we wouldn't have to code so much.Thatıs the good thing about kiwis, we think outside of the square. Don't spend years writing thousands of lines of code to manipulate crap data. Get the client to fix the data and write bugger all code. Thinking about it - if they have a 500mb database - they must have some fairly serious hardware powering it. Get them to sort it out for you.On 10/7/02 4:09 PM, Aaron Lynch
wrote:> No you aren;t missing anything. > > But keep in mind that over night, I have to run triggers that download the > data, fix the data from the stupid MLS (things like space padding in All of > the fields, year as '2002.000' #of fireplaces in thousandths '2.000' > > (did I mention they are stupid? Anybody know what the hell .400th of a > fireplace is? A freakin brick maybe?) -don;t get me started on how dumb > this database is and the hoops I gotta go through just to use it!) > > AND I have this dang tree farm site that runs triggers then too. ;> > > > > > > > On 7/9/02 8:55 PM, Glenn Busbin mashed the following keys : > >>> You're right, but in my experience to date, doing a simple append to like a >>> 5 or 10 meg database will completely lockup Webcat for several minutes. >> >> Aaron, >> Since the db is updated once per day, the searches need only be done once per >> day. The reports can be written to static files once, not every time one of >> the 15k silver tongues looks at the site. The data displayed will be as >> current as the info you received earlier in the day. >> >> Or am I missing something in how this thing is being used? >> >> Glenn >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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We recently did a job like this with a fortnightly update of 20,000 products via a tab delimited file.The file was junk so we just asked them to change the format so it would work better and we wouldn't have to code so much.Thatıs the good thing about kiwis, we think outside of the square. Don't spend years writing thousands of lines of code to manipulate crap data. Get the client to fix the data and write bugger all code. Thinking about it - if they have a 500mb database - they must have some fairly serious hardware powering it. Get them to sort it out for you.On 10/7/02 4:09 PM, Aaron Lynch wrote:> No you aren;t missing anything. > > But keep in mind that over night, I have to run triggers that download the > data, fix the data from the stupid MLS (things like space padding in All of > the fields, year as '2002.000' #of fireplaces in thousandths '2.000' > > (did I mention they are stupid? Anybody know what the hell .400th of a > fireplace is? A freakin brick maybe?) -don;t get me started on how dumb > this database is and the hoops I gotta go through just to use it!) > > AND I have this dang tree farm site that runs triggers then too. ;> > > > > > > > On 7/9/02 8:55 PM, Glenn Busbin mashed the following keys : > >>> You're right, but in my experience to date, doing a simple append to like a >>> 5 or 10 meg database will completely lockup Webcat for several minutes. >> >> Aaron, >> Since the db is updated once per day, the searches need only be done once per >> day. The reports can be written to static files once, not every time one of >> the 15k silver tongues looks at the site. The data displayed will be as >> current as the info you received earlier in the day. >> >> Or am I missing something in how this thing is being used? >> >> Glenn >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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