[thesite] blockfactor revisted

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Fri Oct 26 00:19:12 CDT 2001


dan,

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> From: Daniel J. Cody
>
> > i'd guess char_len() or something like that that
> > would count the number of characters.
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i'm only guessing at the function name.  there's gotta be a string length
function in oracle, just apply it to every column that's being returned and
sum them.

  SELECT Sum(Len(content.contentid)
       + Len(content.keyphrase)
       + Len(content.contentname)
       + Len(content.synopsis)
       + Len(content.datemod)
       + Len(content.replies)
       + Len(content.rating)
       + Len(content.ratings)
       + Len(users.userid)
       + Len(users.who)
       + Len(categorys.category)
       + Len(categorys.categoryid)
       + Len((SELECT Count(*)
                FROM replies
               WHERE contentid = content.contentid
                 AND datemod > '#DateFormat(app.session.user.lastlogin)#')))
    FROM content
       , users
       , categorys
   WHERE ....

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> seeing that MM(allaire) wrote the software that
> communicates between CF and the DB server(more
> speficially, the DB driver), i'd say they're very
> much in control of that issue.
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that's very well a possibility.

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> assuming CF is writtin in C,
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i think it's c++ actually, but close enough.

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> they simply wrote some lame ass function that can only
> handle a 32K buffer( a longint in C) at a time between
> their app and the driver.
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that would be quite lame.

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> dont try to blame it on open source.
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uh, i don't think i did actually.

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> lets not blame problems of performance on us though.
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where did i say i was blaming them on us.  i'm just trying to explore the
issues to try to find some explanations to the things we're seeing.  that's
all.

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> unfortunatly for MM, more people than me are thinking
> this way lately, hence the popularity of languages like
> PHP and JSP.
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or perhaps because alot of people can't see past the price tag and have zero
ability to compare the costs long term?

just my 2c,

.jeff

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