[ic] st=db

[Grant]

> * Ed LaFrance <edl at newmediaems.com> [2003-11-12 13:59]:
> > At 12:13 PM 11/12/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Why wouldn't you want every loop search to use st=db to search
> the database
> > >instead of the txt source file?  The txt file is only up to
> date when it
> > >has
> > >just been exported from the db file, right?  It seems like
> leaving st=db
> > >out
> > >of a loop search would send you searching through old data most of the
> > >time.
> > >I'm noticing that happening now that I've upgraded to mySQL,
> but maybe it
> > >was happening before too.
> > >
> > >- Grant
> >
> > Ironically, you may get better performance out of those
> text-file searches
> > now, since in most cases interchange applies a [loop search..]
> to SQL by
> > doing a 'select * from table' to grab a copy of the entire
> table contents,
> > essentially importing it and scanning it locally. This is not very
> > efficient to say the least, and can kill your catalog's
> performance with
> > large tables.
> >
> > The best answer at this time is to start replacing interchange-type
> > searches with SQL passed via the [query] tag; well-written queries and
> > judicious indexing of SQL tables will give you impressive performance
> > gains. Rewriting the code for the keyword search box and the standard
> > foundation catalog results pages, sidebar links code (bar_link
> routine),
> > components which utilize search code, etc., is also well worth
> the effort
> > once you have comitted to SQL, IMHO.
>
> For the sake of completeness, one more alternative is to add
> "co=1/rf=*/op=eq" to your searches.  The addition of those three
> frequently
> reduces the actual query from
>
> 	SELECT * FROM products
>
> 	to
>
> 	SELECT * FROM products WHERE category='Hammers'
>
> However, any search feature that relies on Interchange or Perl (such as
> regular expressions) will take you back to the "SELECT * from products".

Whoops, I missed this message somehow.

It sounds like it's time to get used to the query tag.  Does it have any
disadvantages?  You have to be more careful with if for security don't you?

- Grant