Re: [mv] Interchange user tracking feature - Track.pm

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Kevin Walsh (kevin@cursor-software.co.uk):
> 
> I have to say well done for adding the user tracking facility
> to Interchange.  That's one facility that I've been missing for
> some time, and now it's there.
> 

You can thank Stefan Hornburg for that. He supplied the initiative
and the tracking methodology.

> Just one thing though.  After some time, and a number of
> visitors, I can see the size of the TrackFile file getting out
> of hand.  Would it not be simpler to store this information in
> a database table, where "old" records can be expired or deleted.
> It would also make it simpler to perform some more complex analysis
> on the collected data, using SQL queries and the other tools.
> 

Actually, there is a better method. The current tracking facility
is compatible with Apache and ShopSuxess (search Yahoo) which 
provide analysis far better than we can hope to provide initially.
The long-term goal is to break that out and use the best-of-breed
analysis tools.

> Perhaps this is something that you may want to add to the wishlist
> as an optional facility, or am I missing something here?
> 
> Thanks again.  I've installed Interchange over my 4.04 release
> (with a strategic backup first :-) and it's all working just as
> it did before.  Perfect.  I was worried for a while back there.

I thought it would, though I hadn't strictly tried it. The core has not
changed much.

Best,
Mike
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