On 5/21/10 10:26 AM, "pirate_lenny" <piratele...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *sarcastically, although knowing you're right* Fine time you choose to tell me
> that!!! After the site is up and running and I'm cleaning up someone else's
> mess!!!!!
>
> That brings up an interesting question. How do you make changes to the
> structure and the way data is looked up without interrupting usage of the
> site? Do you write a script that updates the records when someone lands on a
> page with "un-updated" records? Or do you shut down the site for a couple of
> hours and update?
It dpeends on how much you have to change...develop the code and database
changes on a test server and then upload them when you are sure they're
fixed.
All depends on how much database is broken and needs fixing and how old the
site is - maybe the entire site re-design occurs and you just incorporate it
into the relaunch.
Bad relationships are 'workable' but usually they make sites work much
slower
