23 Mar
2006
23 Mar
'06
2:28 a.m.
I'm struggling to weigh the cost of getObject() vs. the cost of adding more metadata to the catalog. I'll explain my situation. I have 10,000 widgets cataloged. I do a path and date query that returns me maybe 12 of these. Then I have a choice of calling getObject().getData() on each of these, or I could add getData to the catalog metadata. Does the cost of calling getObject() for a dozen objects justify creating a new metadata field? More generally how does a large amount of metadata in the catalog affect performance of queries? The wisdom of those more knowledgeable than me would be appreciated. Mark