On 7/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don MacAskill</b> <<a href="mailto:don@smugmug.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">don@smugmug.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote">
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Everything
always depends on use case, but even a tiny amount of time is not
acceptable for my use case. Since it's acting as a buffer
for my DB, there's a chance the stale, incorrect data could then
corrupt my DB with invalid data. If your use case can
tolerate stale/corrupt/invaliddata, then so be it. :) </blockquote><div><br>
Wouldn't you still be able to get stale data in case of a temporary network failure?<br>
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The case I specifically want to optimize is relatively simple: a
gallery of images where we construct the page based on cached query
results. Since they're for viewing only,
it won't matter if they're up to 10 minutes out of date in the worst
case.<br>
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As long as I don't base writes to the DB on cached entries, I should be in a safe area, right?<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Serhat<br>