Re: How to best sort in a pre-defined item-by-item order ...
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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 ofrelationship doesn't ALWAYS mean improved performance...Yet at the same time didn't point out that I wasn't speaking specifically tohis 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 ina general term. I hear this from ORACLE/SAP elitist and it isn't until Islap them around regarding disk storage and in our case RAM usage to I getthem 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 treein 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 MediaChief Information Officer Drawer 607888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064Alex@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/
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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 ofrelationship doesn't ALWAYS mean improved performance...Yet at the same time didn't point out that I wasn't speaking specifically tohis 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 ina general term. I hear this from ORACLE/SAP elitist and it isn't until Islap them around regarding disk storage and in our case RAM usage to I getthem 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 treein 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 MediaChief Information Officer Drawer 607888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064Alex@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/
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