Re: well sort of - database design

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = well MySQL is free and out performs pretty much everything... even play's nice with webcat if your not hosting on a mac :-)After messing with it a bit my pre-conception of it being a toy database was completely shattered with the admin tools and functionality its got...tre' cool ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex McCombie To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: Re: well sort of - database design > On 5/12/03 9:53 PM, Andrew Simpson > wrote: > > > Well the thing here is that if your appending to the databases on each user > > action, i don't think it matters soo much how big the tables get... it just > > sticks the row at the end of the table and goes on its marry way. > > > > but thats about when you flush the databases, take a copy of them and put > > them on your development server to run the queries... that way not nailing > > your production server with the big loopey stuff. > > > > this worked fine for me with database files upwards of 60mb... just need the > > ram baby! appends didn't suffer at all with the biggie sized db's > Good point. > > > > its just when it comes time to running your queries that you would have > > issues. > But here lies the rub... Part of what is being modeled it the dynamic > content being effected by patterns of exposure. This leads into particular > advertisements based on viewing patterns, as well as intelligent > recommendations for forum discussions and product features based again on > those patterns (queries). So while I could easily move and use when it comes > to data mining (good point by the way), the on the fly smart site' concept > would definitely be hurt by information that wasn't optimized as much as it > could be reducing search and result times. > > Starting to get a sinking server farm feeling :-( > Alex > > > > > Alex J McCombie New World Media > Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 > 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 > Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > > Interface 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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:

    
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well MySQL is free and out performs pretty much everything... even play's nice with webcat if your not hosting on a mac :-)After messing with it a bit my pre-conception of it being a toy database was completely shattered with the admin tools and functionality its got...tre' cool ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex McCombie To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: Re: well sort of - database design > On 5/12/03 9:53 PM, Andrew Simpson > wrote: > > > Well the thing here is that if your appending to the databases on each user > > action, i don't think it matters soo much how big the tables get... it just > > sticks the row at the end of the table and goes on its marry way. > > > > but thats about when you flush the databases, take a copy of them and put > > them on your development server to run the queries... that way not nailing > > your production server with the big loopey stuff. > > > > this worked fine for me with database files upwards of 60mb... just need the > > ram baby! appends didn't suffer at all with the biggie sized db's > Good point. > > > > its just when it comes time to running your queries that you would have > > issues. > But here lies the rub... Part of what is being modeled it the dynamic > content being effected by patterns of exposure. This leads into particular > advertisements based on viewing patterns, as well as intelligent > recommendations for forum discussions and product features based again on > those patterns (queries). So while I could easily move and use when it comes > to data mining (good point by the way), the on the fly smart site' concept > would definitely be hurt by information that wasn't optimized as much as it > could be reducing search and result times. > > Starting to get a sinking server farm feeling :-( > Alex > > > > > Alex J McCombie New World Media > Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 > 888/892.6379 Fair Haven, NY 13064 > Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > > Interface 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Andrew Simpson

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