http://www.pythian.com/blogs/645/log-buffer-68-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas News and views from Pythian DBAs Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/645/log-buffer-68-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-116925 Ronald Sandervol Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:39:44 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/645/log-buffer-68-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-116925 The spatial features are interesting. I know several people who run dating sites and they have 'people within X KM/Miles of Me' feature. The way those work is by converting address to a Postal Code or ZIP+4, then you can get cordinates for the Postal Code or ZIP+4 and calculate the distances. One of them runs ISS with Oracle, but this may convince him to upgrade to SQL Server. The spatial features are interesting. I know several people who run dating sites and they have ‘people within X KM/Miles of Me’ feature. The way those work is by converting address to a Postal Code or ZIP+4, then you can get cordinates for the Postal Code or ZIP+4 and calculate the distances. One of them runs ISS with Oracle, but this may convince him to upgrade to SQL Server.

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