I certainly noticed the software was slower than I though it should be particularly for checking stock. I don't know if hibernate was to blame for that. There were some types of searches which were too slow and would lock up the software for ages if not enough search criteria were provided. I also thought it was a bit silly calling the software Eclipse given that the name is already used for something else.
The data used for the software used a local cached database for performance and redundancy which would synch periodically with the central database. I would have thought queries for an on site database should have been pretty fast. The fact that a cached database was used meant that checks of stock levels at other outlets could end up being stale and not guaranteed to be up to date. For this reason if an outlet showed only one of an item in stock it was best not to trust that they actually had. I just worked there as a Christmas job in my final year of University. It was the best paid student job I did. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.