On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]>wrote:
> When dealing with large amounts of data, with mysql you need to do alot of > tweaking to get it just right (database engines, etc etc...), and postgres > works great out of the box. > > Negated logic in if statements when not necessary is against "politically > correct" software engineering standards. :-o --- Hehehe; I LIKE being a little politically incorrect (especially when it does nothing bad - heck I'm a motorcyclist too! ;-). > I used to use negated logic alot when not needed before college, but when I > made an B on my first few projects because my if statements could be > re-written, I soon learned the wisdom of only using negation when necessary > to the logic. ...that's just some instructor's bug-a-boo (yeah has merit in general, even if weak ;-)). We used to get 10% off for not having meaningful comments (so I learned to write pseudo code first, much like structured english - before I'd write any code .... ahem, ... Massimo - are ya lisn'in, man? LOL! ;-)... This is one of those cases where using if not DEV would get 10 points taken > off. Perhaps I just had an anal proffessor :) > Perhaps... professors are, after all, just ... oh - wait! Massimo is my _friend_! I _like_ Massimo!.... ok, let me hold off on all that professor political incorrectness..... (GHOST of college past exits the room, and leaves Yarko alone - phew - All Hallows' eve - scary night! bwahahaha!) - Yarko (enjoying Halloween ;-) > > -Thadeus > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Wiiboy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I like using DEV_MODE, so I've got: >> >> DEV_MODE = request.env.http_host.startswith("localhost") >> >> if DEV_MODE: >> DAL("sqlite://bla") >> else: >> DAL("postgres://bla") >> >> I'm debating MySQL vs Postgres, actually. >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
