Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to Coding: db vs tcl: Fastest Random Loop

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Posted by MaineBob OConnor on 12/05/01 04:16 PM

Hi Jerry,

My requirement is for the order to be different "instantly" so that if the user refreshes or comes back to this page in 5 minutes, she sees the differently ordered items. What I was hoping for is something like: 

set final_text [random [list $txt1 $txt2 $txt3 $txt4 $txt5 $txt6 $txt7]]
with the txt1, txt2... sets in the tcl code.

Also, does it make a difference in speed and caching if the text is in the /tcl area vs the /www area? Do I understand correctly that stuff in /tcl is loaded into memory once at aolserver startup?

-Bob