[geeklog-devtalk] Sub-topics

[Steve Sloan]

Tony Bibbs wrote:


> Actually, you should be able to grab all the topics in one query and 

> then have some data structure you can organize them in for quick 

> access.  


That would probably be best, but I'd still like to see if it could be done in 
SQL (that would be a Neat Hack[tm]).

That brings up a question which could make for a great Holy Way: is it better 
to load the DB server or the web server?  When, if ever, is PHP slower than 
SQL?  Or is it better to keep everything data-related on the DB side, and if 
that's too slow, bug MySQL for improvements?

-- Steve