Okay! Okay! Not being much of a sysadmin, I never think of load :D
Sean On 23/10/2007, Daniel Kinzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean Whitton wrote: > > How about a web-based form that can do SELECTs? > > NO! > > Either it would only allow very simple queries, and would thus be pointless. > Or it would frequently bog down the server, because people run insane queries. > > Also, some legit queries may take so long that the http request would time > out. > And, last but not least: people filing such requests often don't know > (enough) SQL. > > You need some human judgment to see which requests to actually turn into > queries, and how, and how often. > > -- Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
