Re: attn: smitmicro - cart limitation
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 44388
interpreted = N
texte = Stuart Tremain wrote: > We deal with some very complex ordering systems, we need to collect 175 > fields of information from each customer to complete their order. My condolences and my pity goes out to your customers! ;~)> Currently we use all 40 headers with delimeters to hold the data and > then split the headers to get the data our again.The basic fact of life is that the cart is a file, which is written to the disk every time you change it (potentially on each page). This can be enormous overhead, compared to a RAM resident database which is flushed intelligently.> > Our carts are never destroyed, all carts are held for various reasons. > If we keep all the order data in one place life is easier than spreading > it around.The very same argument can be made for keeping all of the order data in a single database, rather than in individual files. It would be even better if you stored the order data in a SQL database (as opposed to WebCat), since it's very unlikely that you would ever need to search through all of the fields on a regular basis. Additionally, with individual cart files, it is very difficult to do _any_ querying, whereas a database would allow you to perform sophisticated data mining.> > Things would be simpler if we could just add a few more headers :)TMTOWTDIJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Stuart Tremain wrote: > We deal with some very complex ordering systems, we need to collect 175 > fields of information from each customer to complete their order. My condolences and my pity goes out to your customers! ;~)> Currently we use all 40 headers with delimeters to hold the data and > then split the headers to get the data our again.The basic fact of life is that the cart is a file, which is written to the disk every time you change it (potentially on each page). This can be enormous overhead, compared to a RAM resident database which is flushed intelligently.> > Our carts are never destroyed, all carts are held for various reasons. > If we keep all the order data in one place life is easier than spreading > it around.The very same argument can be made for keeping all of the order data in a single database, rather than in individual files. It would be even better if you stored the order data in a SQL database (as opposed to WebCat), since it's very unlikely that you would ever need to search through all of the fields on a regular basis. Additionally, with individual cart files, it is very difficult to do _any_ querying, whereas a database would allow you to perform sophisticated data mining.> > Things would be simpler if we could just add a few more headers :)TMTOWTDIJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/
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