[gizmo90]

how do these guys store all these threads/posts....do they delete threads after a while??????

[willsko87]

i would say when they get to a certain age yes they delete them...if no one has viewed/posted in them for a while...is that right mods?

[willsko87]

yeah cos some thread have info in them thats worth keeping for people to search

[TheMajor]

imagine: in a few years every possible question will be answered and u would only have 2 search TF to find an answer....the forums would get boring....but ofcourse there are always new technologies

[willsko87]

lol...true!

[gizmo90]

i just wonder how they store all the posts! lol

[Keyboard Cowboy]

Originally posted by gizmo90
how do these guys store all these threads/posts....do they delete threads after a while??????

Didn't you know? I eat them for breakfast with a side order of FREE iPOD SPAM!

Originally posted by willsko87
yeah cos some thread have info in them thats worth keeping for people to search

Good Idea in theory. I think we should make all the AMD vs. Intel, Linux Vs. Windows Vs. Mac, ATI vs. nVIDIA, PS2 vs. GC vs XB threads as permantment stickies.

[mikesgroovin]

Originally posted by gizmo90
i just wonder how they store all the posts! lol

Well, then you dont know databases........
Did you know that all of the natural US citizens are kept in the Social Security Database? The SSA has 1 (ONE) and only one !!!!

ONE



1


Database for EVERYONE that is involved in or gets the taxes taken off of their check in the US.

This DB is in SQL and can be accessed in Oracle.....but it's ONE (1) simple DB.

[office politics]

wanna check out structure of a forum db? head over to www.phpbb.com open source php bulletin board. Not the same as vbulletin but prolly very similiar.

[Musjunk22]

Does TF have their own servers? or is some other company hosting all this?

Check out www.netcraft.com and type in www.tech-forums.net in the search box on the top left to see what hosts TF.