Re: Re: Re: Re: Why is there no "Download code" link next to Reply?

The slowness of PM is caused by DB slowness. (It's IO from the point of view of the web server. I don't know if it's CPU or disk from the point of view of the DB server, so I hesitate to call it "IO" without further specificis.) And actualy,your idea would cause a check if the cached version of downloadcode is up to date for each note displayed. But that's very minor compared to the overhead of displaying a new (full) page.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Why is there no "Download code" link next to Reply? by zengargoyle (Deacon) on Oct 16, 2003 at 11:52 UTC
why would it have to cause any further lookup? the node_id of the replies are in the HTML already, couldn't you just add a link to the node with displaytype=displaycode added? `some code here` [download] Download this Code	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Why is there no "Download code" link next to Reply? by liz (Monsignor) on Oct 16, 2003 at 10:48 UTC
... But that's very minor compared to the overhead of displaying a new (full) page... But the replies are rendered many more times than a new full page. I was living under the wrong assumption that my change would not require a new database access. If it does so, I think I'll withdraw my suggestion as it most likely will make things worse with regards to response times on PM. Liz	[reply]