Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] Data Models

[matt d. <mm_...@ya...>]

I'm resisting the urge to respond to this... or the 3000 columns.



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From: Steve Gadlin <sg...@wc...>
To: Chicago PHP User Group <chi...@li...>
Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 4:40:22 PM
Subject: Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] Data Models

I'm a big fan of one table design.  When I need a second table, I often
create an entirely separate database for it, just to keep things separate.
I don't like it when my tables "touch."  Viruses spread easier when they do.

Hi Arlo.

Steve


On 4/20/10 4:37 PM, "Arlo Leach" <ar...@ar...> wrote:

>> I wasn't being sarcastic at all Arlo I was giving you a design pattern for
>> working with very large customizeable and extensible data set, sorry if you
>> can't wrap your head around this design.
> 
> 
> Well ... sure, I can wrap my head around it, but all the superlatives like
> "wonderful," "fascinating," "brilliant" and "fun" plus the arbitrary, large
> numbers and the generality of your "elements" example made it sound like a
> joke ... my mistake then. The Onion video is still funny, though.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Arlo
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