[TYPO3-dev] Typo3 Performance

[Martin Kutschker]

John Angel schrieb:
>> Because IMHO it was a bad move by the DB industry. As I see it the XML
>> hype forced them to add native XML support for queries. But if you think
>> about it, you'll see that querying XML needs more CPU power than
>> querying simple data types. We're just talking about improving
>> performance, not about wasting more CPU cycles.
> 
> Of course, but you have to admit that FlexForm is excellent thing, 
> giving you incredible freedom for making different types of content. But 
> I am not using it because I cannot search through it using SQL.
> 
> So, if we cannot make FlexForm be searchable normally, why not change 
> its XML format to standard standard database table?

I think it was meant only for data that is needed for output, but not 
needed for selections.

IMHO the idea of field reusing in tt_content wasn't that bad for 
"selectable fields". It's just not flexible enough (think of the help).

Masi