[dev] IMP server preferences

[Jon Parise]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 02:36:27PM -0500, Brent J. Nordquist wrote:

> What if the user's preference was a key to another database table, instead
> of definitions in a PHP file?  I do really like the idea of the "key" so
> that you don't replicate all that data for (potentially) thousands of
> users... but if it were a key into a database, you have the potential for
> adding new servers without having to edit a file on the server.
 
I don't think I like the idea of introducing another storage lookup
into the mix (I toyed with the idea earlier, actually).  It would just
add another dependency and performance hit to the setup.  Besides, I
don't see what we'd gain over the "database-like" text file we already
use (config/servers.php) aside from the administrative ease you
mentioned.  I don't think the overhead would be worth it there,
though.

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Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Rochester Inst. of Technology
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