On 24/08/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Rob Church wrote:
On 22/08/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
In my mind, therefore, the obvious solution is to add a cl_random column to the categorylinks table. Then you select a random article from a category in the same way you select a random article from the entire site:
That isn't what the *links tables are for, however.
WTF? What sort of argument is that? o.O
I thought it had all the nice hallmarks of a classic wikitech-l argument. Trivial, pointless and full of bull shit. Oh well.
I'd prefer to see a separate table to aggregate data for randomisation, however.
Rob Church