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Phil
In: Liverpool
Posts: 797
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Well done Matt, you are an SQL Superhero. Unless you have done some other work in the background the resuffle of the forums has worked wounders. ** WARNING GEEK QUESTION*** I assume that the site has speeded up because now the forum is only searching throught a smaller talbe for that forum subject rather thatn on e immense table containing everything?? Ok the rest of you can look now.

Phil @ 08/03/2008 17:04

Di
In: Wellingborough
Posts: 4452
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I've lost the feeling in my arm. I've been moving bloody topics over for nearly two and a half hours!!!!

Di @ 08/03/2008 17:43

Matt
In: Veldhoven
Posts: 8053
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yea my eyes are gonna blow up Di. We still need help everyone - so if anyone has some free time, PLEASE HELP US SORT OUT THE OLD TOPICS. PP - thanks for the comments. It's the miracle of SQL mate, tables, indexes, relationships and keys. With a bit of tricky programming at the front end. The back end (SQL) was really simple, add a few pages and change some existing ones... only took me all day lol. And no there isn't less tables, it's one giant one. Normalisation. Several tables is a bad idea, it means if a topic is moved then it has to be deleted/recreated elsewhere. Which would give it a new ID and everything - very bad idea. How it works is that you create 3 tables - Categories, Topics, Posts... and link them through keys. Each category has a key, each topic and every post also. When you view a specific forum now, it displays only the topics that have a specific category/forum key in them. Just as when you view the posts it only shows the ones that have a specific topic key attached to them. :-)Now, when we move the topic, it doesn't delete or move anything... it just changes the category key attached to the topic. Try this... go to the All Forums page. Click a forum, and you will be sent to AllTopics.asp.... with a parameter after the URL. Same again when you view a topic... you go to posts.asp - with ?topic_id=1234 after the URL.

yea my eyes are gonna blow up Di.  We still need help everyone - so if anyone has some free time, PLEASE HELP US SORT OUT THE OLD TOPICS. 
 
PP - thanks for the comments.  It's the miracle of SQL mate, tables, indexes, relationships and keys.  With a bit of tricky programming at the front end.  The back end (SQL) was really simple, add a few pages and change some existing ones... only took me all day lol.
 
And no there isn't less tables, it's one giant one.  Normalisation.  Several tables is a bad idea, it means if a topic is moved then it has to be deleted/recreated elsewhere.  Which would give it a new ID and everything - very bad idea.  How it works is that you create 3 tables - Categories, Topics, Posts... and link them through keys. Each category has a key, each topic and every post also.  When you view a specific forum now, it displays only the topics that have a specific category/forum key in them.  Just as when you view the posts it only shows the ones that have a specific topic key attached to them.  :-)Now, when we move the topic, it doesn't delete or move anything... it just changes the category key attached to the topic.
 
Try this... go to the All Forums page.  Click a forum, and you will be sent to AllTopics.asp.... with a parameter after the URL.  Same again when you view a topic... you go to posts.asp - with ?topic_id=1234 after the URL.

Matt @ 08/03/2008 18:06

Karey
In: Barnsley
Posts: 6971
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Yeh...Well Done Matt! It's looking brill ! Rite..I'm gonna havta wimp out now..my right arms gone numb too! Glad to help out and will do some more tomorra ! Goodnight !

Karey @ 08/03/2008 21:00

Silvi
In: Northallerton
Posts: 66
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I gave up at 10 last night my eyes were burning and I couldn't destinguish a Joke from News anymore. But Im back at it already and will be throughout the day.....only 50+ pages left!!!!

Silvi @ 09/03/2008 01:52

geoffb2005
In: Leeds
Posts: 2593
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Oh yes, well done Matt ....... Now to find a particular thread I have to click twice!! Twice I say!! I personally think it's an outrage! Silvi - a lot of the things I see on the BBC nowadays, I have difficulty distinguishing jokes from news with!! What you need is a good back rub ........

geoffb2005 @ 09/03/2008 05:35

bluesbiker
In: Birmingham in th
Posts: 2510
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Having seen the result, i think i prefere the old site. can you put it back the way it was please. (Thats a joke matt) I notice there isnt a section for miserable / suicidal. Have you just deleted them all? that must've freed up quite a bit of space.

bluesbiker @ 09/03/2008 05:49

Silvi
In: Northallerton
Posts: 66
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geoff That sounds like a great idea...are you offering??

Silvi @ 09/03/2008 06:56

Nutkin68
In: Hull
Posts: 4203
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Cracked up at Blues suicidal comment I think the new layouts great, its a lot easier to use - well done to all the people who have done the work

Nutkin68 @ 09/03/2008 09:07

tangoman60
In: Weymouth
Posts: 3862
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geof an silvi get a room!an nutkin stop brown nosin!go to matlock an praise the almighty there!i hope to be there it'll be like goin on a pilgrimage to be saved!!one touch from the master an i will be saved!! praise be!amen! ps site does work better methinks at this early stage!

tangoman60 @ 09/03/2008 09:26

RC
In: Derbyshire
Posts: 7960
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cya there then TM

RC @ 09/03/2008 10:04

RC
In: Derbyshire
Posts: 7960
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ohh matt looks like the time is out by an hour lol its only 14-05 pm lol

RC @ 09/03/2008 10:05

Deleted User
In: NA
Posts: 6852
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Nice one Matt, just finished a 2 hour stint moving topics. Sorry I couldnt help out last night i was working a late.

Deleted User @ 09/03/2008 10:18

ZZRpilot
In: Reading
Posts: 345
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Nice revamp folks top work *round of applause*

ZZRpilot @ 09/03/2008 12:05

stueylewie
In: Bognor Regis
Posts: 367
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Blues - I reckon Matt figures that the suicidal probably won't be around long enough for their own forum Soz - bit late I know, but I'm trying to catch up...

stueylewie @ 09/03/2008 13:07

bikerchick1966
In: Derby
Posts: 2535
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Much much better style of forum Matt, I for one, think it is much better, it MIGHT stop some people moaning about certain threads being hijacked by triviality! My word, TM is coming to Matlock, what with Matt, it will be a meet no one can miss!

bikerchick1966 @ 09/03/2008 13:55

Cruiser gal
In: Tamworth
Posts: 2011
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Fantastic work on the re vamp of the site, and excellent job done by all, thanks all for working so hard to make this all happen.

Cruiser gal @ 09/03/2008 14:13

Matt
In: Veldhoven
Posts: 8053
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im gonna hide at matlock, and spy on you all for a little while. See how you behave when im not around lol. Thanks for all the comments guys, it's taken myself and all the staff a long time getting things straight. Lots of new code too, so dont be surprised if it doesnt work at times - just let me know as soon as u see any errors. Cheers

Matt @ 09/03/2008 14:55

geoffb2005
In: Leeds
Posts: 2593
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from what I can tell there are no errors at all Matt, well done everyone are there I what errors no all well Matt, everyone from tell done from can at

geoffb2005 @ 09/03/2008 16:34

Di
In: Wellingborough
Posts: 4452
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Well done Matt, you made it easy for us to swop everything over. Just about getting the feeling back in my arm now!!

Di @ 09/03/2008 16:38

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