[Cosmo-dev] Dashboard Server Requirements Meeting

[Ted Leung]

On May 15, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Brian Moseley wrote:

> On 5/15/07, Ted Leung <twl at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I follow the reasoning behind having 3 distinct
>> queries.  Are we ever really going to be able to only issue one of
>> these 3 queries?   At any given moment, items can move between 2 of
>> the sets -- will we always be able to predict what those 2 sets  
>> will be?
>
> that's not the point. the 3 queries (which can be issued in parallel)
> are for the same data feed but parameterized differently. this allows
> us to, for instance, retrieve the next 25 LATER items and all NOW
> items and the previous 10 DONE items without having an overly
> complicated query syntax or implementation.

Ok, I get it now.

Thanks,

Ted