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I'm not sure what the db has to do with this, you need to structure the data somehow to be able to tally and breakdown results. SQL databases can certainly hand
by monadic2 7y ago
I'm not sure what the db has to do with this, you need to structure the data somehow to be able to tally and breakdown results. SQL databases can certainly handle multiple magnitudes more transactions per second so it doesn't strike me as prima faciae bad decision making.
- eej71 7y agoDatabase? Heck, I would think each precinct could have uploaded their own csv file in a common format. Concatenate all of those, pop it into excel, and pivot table away. But what do I know.
- oblib 7y agoIt's basically a "KISS" issue. The data being submitted is so simple that using an SQL db adds a layer of unnecessary complexity. So did their decisions for authentication, which appears to be where things got stuck.