[FX.php List] How much traffic can it take?

[Leo R. Lundgren]

I would never use Filemaker for a serious production system where  
timing is of importance. And this I don't say because I'm not very  
fond of Filemaker in general, I'm saying it from an objective  
perspektive.

4 feb 2008 kl. 18.56 skrev Jamie Adams:

> Hello all-
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> My company is considering building an auction script (like a  
> private eBay) for some inventory in our FileMaker database.  One  
> suggestion from our team was to build PHP auction scripts that  
> connect directly to our FileMaker DB.  However, I’ve observed that  
> the performance of FileMaker with FX.php is not quite as good as  
> MySQL in many circumstances.  Near the end of an auction, we might  
> have as many as 40 bidders hitting the database with quick  
> succession.  Can FX.php take this kind of abuse?  Or do I need to  
> look into exporting to MySQL?  I’m going to try some tests myself,  
> but I hoped to draw from the collective wisdom first.  I’ve learned  
> some tricks for optimizing my FX.php code to load quicker, but I’ve  
> never tested under such a heavy load.
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> Jamie Adams
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