We're using MongoDB and store them as arrays of integers as provided by the API. That makes for some simple yet powerful queries:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Advanced+Queries#AdvancedQueries-ValueinanArray Wynn Netherland twitter: pengwynn http://floxee.com http://tweetcongress.org On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Arik Fraimovich <arik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering how you store a local cache of the social graph > methods results locally in your applications. > > One obvious solution is to create a two column table of the relations, > but in such case how do you update it? Just prune everything of the > user you're updating and inserting from the beginning? The other > solution is to store the results of the API calls as blobs to the DB > and parse them everytime in code instead of by SQL queries. The > problem I can see with that is duplication of data, less ability to do > smart stuff with the data and other issues. > > Would love to hear how you implemented it in your apps and other ideas > related. > > Thanks, > > -- > Arik Fraimovich > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/arikfr -- Wynn Netherland twitter: pengwynn
