Jonathan Walther wrote:
Correct. I am
proposing that there should be no broken links because all
articles are created, even if only blank articles. Periodically a
process could sweep blank articles with nothing linking to them from the
database. For instance,
REMOVE FROM current_articles WHERE ...
So, you'll replace the
broken_links table by more entries in the article
table. Granted, we'd have one table less, but more articles instead. And
these dummy articles would have to be distinguished from the "real" ones
in *every* query regarding existing/broken articles. More storage (for
the dummy articles), more code, for one table less.
Sure, it can be done, but I don't see the advantage. Maybe it's just me.
Magnus