[SPAM-5.7]- [FX.php List] Limiting fields returned

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Please for speed purposes, please do consider how much data the eye
can consume/observe in a glance before pulling out huge amounts of
data.

ggt

On 11/15/07, Carl Anderson <Carl.Anderson at asu.edu> wrote:
> Dan:
>
> Thanks for posting that.  Sadly, the PHP is perhaps 1% or less of the
> overall processing time--the rest is all the data pull.
>
> In any case, I'll look into the array_sum() function.
>
> --
> Carl Anderson
> Technical Support Analyst
> Distance Learning
> Herberger College of the Arts
> Arizona State University
> http://herbergeronline.asu.edu
>
>
> > From: DC <dan.cynosure at dbmscan.com>
> > Reply-To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:52:50 -0500
> > To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> > Subject: Re: [SPAM-5.7]- [FX.php List] Limiting fields returned
> >
> > BTW, your averaging "loop" as described sounds inefficient.
> > have you heard of the function array_sum()?
> >
> > // this code is a sketch, you have to check for zero count
> > // or risk a PHP error
> > $avg = array_sum($array) / count($array);
> >
> > there is usually always a better way to do things in PHP. it's a
> > learning process.
> >
> > also, take any unstored calculated fields off the layout if you can or
> > make them stored - if they are unstored or sums or any kind of summary
> > your performance will suffer greatly.
> >
> > dan
> >
> > Carl Anderson had written:
> >> Alex:
> >>
> >> While we'd love to do that, it'd require a major change in how we operate.
> >> That said, my colleague and I are talking about doing so as a stop-gap
> >> measure; a "whiteboard" layout is our ultimate goal, where we put
> >> non-related fields that we can query easily.
> >>
> >> It's too bad I can't limit what we get back.
> >>
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