Re: Me know logical no need
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texte = I would guess, like myself, you got into computers after tragic experiences in the field of customer service/relations.You are a legend.HEHEHE On 10/7/02 4:52 PM, Aaron Lynch
wrote:> On 7/9/02 9:33 PM, Andrew Simpson mashed the following keys : > >> 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. > > > > > Hahahahaha Oh, how you make me laugh. > Yes, they spent $500,000 on hardware. (that they've been 'implementing' > since 2000) > > They have 3 t1's > They have a load-balanced cluster of ftp servers to feed those three piddly > t1's > Last week they went down for 12+ hours because they don't have a generator, > their UPS failed, and they had no monitoring to tell them, so it was fixed > at 8 am when somebody noticed the NOC was lukewarm and unusually quiet. > > They have been unable to add a single field of additional data which was > approved OVER a year ago. > > BUT just last week they announced that they would be adding a field for 'no > internet advertising' Now, they remove the NIA listings before giving them > to us, so basically they are adding 500,000 TABS, because that field will > __ALWAYS__ be empty. > > > I thought I told you not to get me started!? And did I mention they are > stupid? > > > > >> >> >> >> 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/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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I would guess, like myself, you got into computers after tragic experiences in the field of customer service/relations.You are a legend.HEHEHE On 10/7/02 4:52 PM, Aaron Lynch wrote:> On 7/9/02 9:33 PM, Andrew Simpson mashed the following keys : > >> 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. > > > > > Hahahahaha Oh, how you make me laugh. > Yes, they spent $500,000 on hardware. (that they've been 'implementing' > since 2000) > > They have 3 t1's > They have a load-balanced cluster of ftp servers to feed those three piddly > t1's > Last week they went down for 12+ hours because they don't have a generator, > their UPS failed, and they had no monitoring to tell them, so it was fixed > at 8 am when somebody noticed the NOC was lukewarm and unusually quiet. > > They have been unable to add a single field of additional data which was > approved OVER a year ago. > > BUT just last week they announced that they would be adding a field for 'no > internet advertising' Now, they remove the NIA listings before giving them > to us, so basically they are adding 500,000 TABS, because that field will > __ALWAYS__ be empty. > > > I thought I told you not to get me started!? And did I mention they are > stupid? > > > > >> >> >> >> 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/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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