Re: database design with temporary tables

On 8/29/21 9:36 AM, ourdiaspora wrote:
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> On Sunday, August 29th, 2021 at 5:24 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Presumably not. Temporary tables only live at most for the length of a
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>> session. It would be a really bad idea to hold sessions open for 24
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> Is there an alternative scenario, such as the user is able to create a new table with saves the session data for a maximum time (such as 24 hours), even up to a certain time if the web browser crashes for example?

This is a it depends answer. Some factors in play:

1) Number of users over say a 24 hour period.

2) The size of the CSV files.

3) Is the data merge a one time thing or can it be repeated in a time
period.

4) Are users going to be repeat customers?

For this sort of thing I write out a detailed outline of the
who/what/why/where/when. In doing that answers tend to follow.

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>> The abo
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> Incomplete response?
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Adrian Klaver
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