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Re: Java DB rotation

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On 1/31/2012 1:38 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 31.01.2012 03:32, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 1/30/2012 9:24 PM, Jim Lee wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:21:11 +0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
>>> <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:08:04 -0800, Jim Lee wrote:
>>>>> I have a Java server controller that read/write to Database table
>>>>>
>>>>> Java server will start read / write to a new DB table every
>>>>> week/monday
>>>>> e.g.
>>>>> table-1-2-2012 table-1-9-2012 table-1-16-2012 table-1-23-2012 ... etc
>>>>>
>>>> What problem are you using table rotation to solve?
>>>>
>>>> What would prevent you from using a single table containing datestamped
>>>> rows which are archived and/or deleted the rows after "cycle length"
>>>> days?
>>>
>>> my main problem is how to make sure "how to get the correct table name
>>> to read/write to" depending what day in the week
>>>
>>> start a new DB table is a must since it's going through some other
>>> REST backend layer
>>
>> There is nothing in REST that requires such a table structure.
>>
>> And it would be better to fix the bad code requiring such
>> a table rollover than to make other apps bad to work with it.
>
> Another question: Jim, what database are you using? If the instance
> requiring multiple tables is afraid of volume the typical solution to
> this issue is called "partitioning". If your database supports it,
> that's typically the way to go for such kind of data.

Pretty much every response from the OP has suggested either really bad 
intra-team communication (distributed team?), or a system architect 
angling for an appearance on the Daily WTF.

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Java DB rotation Jim Lee <jimlee2907@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 18:08 -0800
  Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:12 -0500
    Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:14 -0500
      Re: Java DB rotation Jim Lee <jimlee2907@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 18:20 -0800
        Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:34 -0500
        Re: Java DB rotation Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-31 08:36 +0100
    Re: Java DB rotation Jim Lee <jimlee2907@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 18:17 -0800
      Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:20 -0500
        Re: Java DB rotation Jim Lee <jimlee2907@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 18:23 -0800
          Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:31 -0500
  Re: Java DB rotation Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-01-31 02:21 +0000
    Re: Java DB rotation Jim Lee <jimlee2907@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-30 18:24 -0800
      Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:32 -0500
        Re: Java DB rotation Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-31 08:38 +0100
          Re: Java DB rotation Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 12:57 -0600
            Re: Java DB rotation Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 13:03 -0600
              Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-31 20:32 -0500
                Re: Java DB rotation Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 13:49 -0600
                Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-01 19:23 -0500
            Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-31 20:31 -0500
          Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-31 20:30 -0500
  Re: Java DB rotation Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-30 21:35 -0500
    Re: Java DB rotation Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-30 22:54 -0800
  Re: Java DB rotation George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2012-02-02 14:05 -0500
  Re: Java DB rotation Rajiv Gupta <rajiv@invalid.com> - 2012-02-08 02:08 +1100

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