2008/9/11 Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I'm currently trying to ensure that my current client >> builds suitable safeguards into a similar feature they're >> proposing to deliver. > > > Well surely it can't take much; something like SELECT * FROM > 'active_news_articles' where 'published_date' => date(today)-90days? > > > (I know that's a horrible mangling of SQL syntax, but you get the idea :P ) > As far as safeguards go, it can't be that much more difficult at the > simplest level to filter out the old stories. Nobody cares whether a really > old story is popular or not... because it's old. ;)
I'm sure the technical implementation will end up looking very much like that. The hard part is getting the people who write the requirements to understand why they should care.... Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
