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flat files!

• lion0 15y ago
  My company uses actual filing cabinets that have actual physical files.
  • there 15y ago
    what kind of sharding scheme do you use?
    • illumin8 15y ago
      Duh: Customers with a last name starting with A through E go in the drawer labelled A-E, etc. We just implemented a RAID 1+0 solution that involves a fleet of entry level workers furiously photocopying every document and putting them in boxes for Iron Mountain...
    • deleted 15y ago
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    • wicknicks 15y ago
      I'd imagine by filename :)
  • mirkules 15y ago
    Do you work at an elementary school, by any chance? I'm not trying to be a wise guy - it's more of a comment that elementary schools are often last to implement technologically savvy solutions (i.e. solutions that cost a lot of money), so I wouldn't be surprised if you said "yes" to my question.
• KeyBoardG 15y ago
  In school before learning SQL I wrote my personal site's blog on engine my own flat file database hack. :) Fun times.
  • mryall 15y ago
    Likewise. Perl's DBD::CSV module was my greatest discovery - SQL queries across flat files! No joins though. :)
  • someotheridiot 15y ago
    Me too... in Excel 95's VB for applications! fun times.
• borism 15y ago
  I hear you.