[theforum] weo 2b: to OSS or not?

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Tue Nov 9 19:43:25 CST 2004


John,

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> From: John Handelaar
> 
> I think he meant getting the data, but there's nothing
> available currently to anyone but Jeff as far as I'm
> aware.
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Nope, server locked down absolutely as tight as a drum thanks to some
unscrupulous individuals that saw fit to try to cause problems post-move
from Dan.

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> > I guess it was migrated *to* Microsoft SQL Server
> > (from MySQL?)
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>From Oracle 7.

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> From Oracle.   I imagine that, Jeff being a talented
> guy, he may also have made a few changes to the DB
> schema - which while nice in a textbook sort of way,
> could performance-wise almost have been designed to be
> as inefficient as possible.  (Full text of every article
> was stored in the same table as all the other
> article-related data.  Not a nice way to treat any DB
> server.)
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First, please explain what you mean in more detail, preferably without the
parenthetical cluttering the explanation.

Second, since when are there really *any* performance issues with a database
that's made up of barely 1,000 records for the articles?

Third, please remind me what qualifies you to make judgments about what
constitutes good db design.

Thank you,

Jeff
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