Webtrends still uses Perl. Just picked up version 8.1 (upgrading from 5.5) and the whole thing has changed, web based interfaces no more console, live stats update built in instead of being an add-on. Very nice for the money (kinda spendy so it gets left out of this discussion...)
:-) will John Paul Ashenfelter wrote: >I'd go further and say actively avoid anything in CF. I can't think of a >common language other than Perl that's as suited to parsing semi-regular >text files. I a previous gig, we crunched stats from 12 GB (gigabytes) of >web logs PER DAY (that's big in my neck of the woods) into daily stats. When >we started, it took 26 hours to crunch one day of data, but once we let the >perl wizards loose, we got it down to 6-8 hours and even lower (of course >traffic kept picking up too...) > >Point is, look for Perl-based ones. Period. Even the commercial leader >(WebTrends) at least *used* to be Perl under the hood (they used the Perl >exe compiler from ActiveState or somesuch in the Windows versions I used). > >Regards, > >John Paul Ashenfelter >CTO/Transitionpoint >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:25 PM >Subject: RE: Stats package > > > > >>>I am looking for a easy, free CF stats package. Nothing to >>>elaborate. I have provided something for my clients but it is >>>real raw. Would like to give them something more, some that I >>>can integrate quickly for my time is limited and to write one >>>now would be out of the question. >>> >>> >>Why does it have to be CF? I'd suggest Analog (http://www.analog.cx/) with >>ReportMagic (http://www.reportmagic.org/). >> >>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >>http://www.figleaf.com/ >>voice: (202) 797-5496 >>fax: (202) 797-5444 >> >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:137533 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
