[Umlaut-general] 1st resolution

[Jonathan Rochkind]

Ross Singer wrote:
> This won't work, sadly. The API will time out before you could
> possibly load the 'j' page on even the smallest of SFX collections.
> You'd also have problems with autocomplete.
>   
Interestingly, I know have autocomplete targetted directly against the 
SFX db, and it seems to be working fine and not slowing down the SFX 
server too much. I was emboldened to do this when I realized that SFX 
itself now includes optional autocomplete functionality (no doubt they 
got the idea from Ross), which goes directly against the SFX db.

But yeah, at present, the A-Z list functionality _I_ use goes against 
the db, and I can't vouch for the fucntionality that relied on an 
imported list instead. I would actually like to get that functionality 
working again at some point (although if you HAVE direct db access, you 
could do the local index importing directly from the db, instead of the 
SFX export tab deliminted file. You might still want a local index to 
add other entries to it that do not come from SFX; that's what I'd like 
to do some day).

Jonathan