Though I would think the time to download, install, learn and write the regex would go against the original request of "How would you go about this quickly." I guess I just assummed he wanted it done right away vs. the best way.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I didn't miss the point at all. If you would use something like grep > (or astrogrep for win32) you'd get the job done as quick or quicker. > You'd also have gained knowledge on how to use another tool. Next > time you were presented with a similar challenge, you'd be able to > pick the correct tool. > > > On Apr 22, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > > > > > We aren't building an enterprise app here, we're dealing with a one- > > off > > that's localized. If you can whip up a quick cf process in a couple > > lines of > > code that does the trick IMO it's better than a scalable "proper" > > tool. > > > > Look at it this way: > > > > What's your boss going to prefer? The "right way" that took half a > > day to > > implement or the "wrong way" where you're done in 10 minutes and get > > the > > same result? > > > > Everyone seems to be missing the subjective point to argue the > > objective > > best practice principles of parsing a text file. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> IMHO, using an application server on a single user to parse text > >> files > >> is in no way quick or efficient. There are much better tools > >> available to do this. > >> > >> > >> On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I'm still going to disagree based on what Ian's details were: > >>> > >>> - Single user system. > >>> - Scaled to "several dozens of files" > >>> - 1K to 1MB ( I used a 20x larger file for my test so it's probably > >>> closer > >>> to 1 second to do a 1MB file) > >>> - Quick and efficient. > >>> > >>> check, check, check and check. > >>> > >>> Given, if you were looking at scanning hundreds or thousands of > >>> these files > >>> repeatedly then perhaps DSN is the way. But for this solution I > >>> think it's > >>> just too bulky and way more work than is neccessary. It would take > >>> longer to > >>> set up a single DSN than to scan two dozen 1MB files. That's just > >>> sillyness. > >>> > >>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> So 12.6 seconds to loop over a 20MB text file certainly doesn't > >>>>> "choke a > >>>> cf > >>>>> server." I _highly_ doubt you could even set up the dsn in that > >>>>> amount of > >>>>> time. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> If this is a one-time thing on a single-user system, your solution > >>>> is fine, > >>>> but it isn't going to scale. If Ian needs to perform the operation > >>>> more > >>>> than > >>>> once, he's better off setting up a DSN and running a query. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
