RE: [jug-discussion] storing blobs on file system or in db

2005-03-16 Thread Landon Clark
The answer is partially dependent on your db, but if you want a rule of thumb, then I suggest the fs. Some dbs really don't perform well when moving blobs in and out of the DB. Also, you need to fine tune your db and where you place the tables that will hold the blob to minimize IO interference

RE: [jug-discussion] storing blobs on file system or in db

2005-03-16 Thread Landon Clark
I forgot to mention this in my previous post, but I did a lot benchmarking around this a few years ago and did several consulting gigs where people needed to rip out the blob in db infrastructure they had built because it was performing like a dog (a bad dog, not a good dog). landon -Original

[jug-discussion] Large Flex Apps

2005-03-22 Thread Landon Clark
Has anyone every used flex for a very large application (rather than the smaller types that are demo’ed at the Macromedia Site)?  I am building an application that will have several hundred screens / forms.  I prototyped using Laszlo, but it seems to have some real issues with that many scr

[jug-discussion] Mac Java Performance

2005-09-22 Thread Landon Clark
Sorry if this is off-topic, but I noticed that there appears to be some Mac users on this list.  I recently purchased a 15” powerbook 1.67Ghz machine and for Java development… well, to be honest… it is sub-optimal.  It appears that the JDK is just plain slow!  On a project that I am working

RE: [jug-discussion] Mac Java Performance

2005-09-22 Thread Landon Clark
ry small. They are virtually unused outside of America. Eastern European developers I work with have never even seen one... -josh --- Landon Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this is off-topic, but I noticed that there appears to be > some Mac users on this list.

RE: [jug-discussion] Why Jython, or Jelly, or Groovy, or Beanshell or ... instead of perl, or sh script?

2005-09-28 Thread Landon Clark
I wanted to second the vote for script / wget. If you have directory browsing enabled on the server, I think you can accomplish everything you want with the following command: wget -m URL or something pretty similar. Thanks, Landon -Original Message- From: Michael Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL