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From: l.szyster at ibm.net (Laurent Szyster)
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:08:18 +0200
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Subject: Kosovo database; Python speed
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References: <371DAAC2.D9046550@cs.utwente.nl>
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Message-ID: <371DDBD2.A37EB85E@ibm.net>
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Richard van de Stadt wrote:
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> Suppose we were going to make a database to help Kosovars locate
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> their family members. This would probably result in hundreds of
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> thousands of records (say 1 record (file) per person).
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> Would Python be fast enough to manage this data, make queries on
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> the data, or should compiled programs be used?
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Given the purpose I would suggest the following:
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1. Design an XML document which represents the entry form
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refugees would fill in. Make it as complete as possible,
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since you don't know what kind of statistics you will
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have to produce from those forms.
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2. Make a small web application that collects those documents
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and automatically store them in a Web as XML and HTML. Basically
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it would consist of a CGI upload form.
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3. Use a web search engine to index the HTML web.
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What you end with is a effective way to collect data inputed
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off-line, to publish and search it worldwide. With no need to
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distribute software (everything happen on the web server).
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Later you may build your own database(s) from the web, once
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there is enough data and you know which statistics you want ;-)
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Then mySQL should prove to be good enough.
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Laurent
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