Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ...

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 4/23/03 10:41 PM, John Peacock wrote:> But this is not the problem he wanted to solve. The number of return visitors > is unlikely to be more than a tiny fraction of the size of the products > database. Yep and in essence this is why I think we set off against each other... I mistakenly tried to speak to the concept that relationship for the sake of relationship doesn't ALWAYS mean improved performance...Yet at the same time didn't point out that I wasn't speaking specifically to his sorting issue (well I did in my last email but missed it on my first)...Guess I was set off by the ignorant of database design statement at least in a general term. I hear this from ORACLE/SAP elitist and it isn't until I slap them around regarding disk storage and in our case RAM usage to I get them to admit that there might be some value to the concept...might be is actually a huge victory with some of those zipper heads.... Oops now who is being derogatory ;-)Guess I am more sensitive to that than I thought ;-)Like I said... Went off on a bit too much high pass theory and miss the tree in the forest.Or something like that ;-)Headed out to the backwaters of Alabama... Where time stands still...Oops negative stereotypes again...bad alexAlex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  2. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Alex McCombie 2003)
  3. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (John Peacock 2003)
  4. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Alex McCombie 2003)
  5. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (John Peacock 2003)
  6. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Alex McCombie 2003)
  7. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  8. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  9. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Tim Robinson 2003)
  10. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Kimberly D. Walls 2003)
  11. Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (John Peacock 2003)
  12. How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ... (Kenneth Grome 2003)
On 4/23/03 10:41 PM, John Peacock wrote:> But this is not the problem he wanted to solve. The number of return visitors > is unlikely to be more than a tiny fraction of the size of the products > database. Yep and in essence this is why I think we set off against each other... I mistakenly tried to speak to the concept that relationship for the sake of relationship doesn't ALWAYS mean improved performance...Yet at the same time didn't point out that I wasn't speaking specifically to his sorting issue (well I did in my last email but missed it on my first)...Guess I was set off by the ignorant of database design statement at least in a general term. I hear this from ORACLE/SAP elitist and it isn't until I slap them around regarding disk storage and in our case RAM usage to I get them to admit that there might be some value to the concept...might be is actually a huge victory with some of those zipper heads.... Oops now who is being derogatory ;-)Guess I am more sensitive to that than I thought ;-)Like I said... Went off on a bit too much high pass theory and miss the tree in the forest.Or something like that ;-)Headed out to the backwaters of Alabama... Where time stands still...Oops negative stereotypes again...bad alexAlex J McCombie New World Media Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Alex McCombie

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