Re: Livecode Server 4.6.3 - First impressions pt2 - using the new version at Dreamhost

2011-07-27 Thread stephen barncard
I had no intention of using CPs in stacks that way as a large db -I really thinking about snippets - boilerplate text, etc. and using the CP hierarchy to accomplish that. Databases are still king when it comes to large amounts of data, but I was thinking more in terms of 'business logic' and keepi

Re: Livecode Server 4.6.3 - First impressions pt2 - using the new version at Dreamhost

2011-07-27 Thread Andre Garzia
Stephen, be aware that loading large stacks into memory will get you to the memory protection police! If your database stack is too big, and lots of copies are loaded for all the requests, Apache or whoever does the purging might kill your engine to save resources. This is hardcoded into On-Rev ac

Livecode Server 4.6.3 - First impressions pt2 - using the new version at Dreamhost

2011-07-27 Thread stephen barncard
*LIVECODE SERVER 4.6.3* Wow. Haven't done any speed benchmarks, and I've just started using this version of LCS, but it offers what was missing before, and a lot more. Stacks are full fledged citizens now . One can 'start using stack x' - one's tested land-based libraries can be used at sea. T