In my mind, logfiles should be lean, simple and fast. no thought, just entry. Write only. Just the facts, ma'am
Once the data goes in, reporting from it is a different matter. queries, olap apps, and any rolled up or calculated data happen during a different process. Thoughts? Jerry On 8/23/07, Robert Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Create two data tables, one for terms (have an term_ID and search_term > field) and one for search date/time (have a term_ID and date/time field). > > In the terms table check to see if the term is there. If it is get the > term_ID and update the time table with the term_ID and date. If it is new, > add the term, return the ID, then update add the date/time and term_id to > the date table. > > Now you have two tables: one with unique terms; another with date/time of > each search... linked using the term_id as a key. I think this is the most > flexible way you can do it. Do it this way and you should be able to write > queries and reports to analyze that data pretty much every way possible. > > Is this explanation understandable? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:287004 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4