I think Dave answered it well. I think the Users Online thing is another example. If you have, on average, 200 users on your site, and you are only showing it for "ego reasons", then why not let it be a few off?
On 7/18/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Still, I don't get the whole concept of "If it's not that > > important, don't lock it"... because.. if it's not that > > important, and you know the numbers might be inaccurate, why > > do it at all? > > The cost of locking may outweigh the value of an individual data point. > > For example, in a database, you may want to determine the average value of a > column, in a table that has a million rows. The SQL to do this is quite > easy, but by default it will prevent write access to those rows while the > query is running. If a couple of values changed during the query, it > wouldn't noticeably affect the outcome anyway. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
