I use 'SELECT message, from, sentdate FROM offline_chat WHERE userid = <usersid?> AND acknowledged = 0'.....
Or something similar. I would bet it's all about indexing. It could be in a separate DB just for offline messages. When they come online, they would be moved to a ViewedDB or something. Could be just a really large table. =)
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I use 'SELECT message, from, sentdate FROM offline_chat WHERE userid = <usersid?> AND acknowledged = 0'.....
Or something similar. I would bet it's all about indexing. It could be in a separate DB just for offline messages. When they come online, they would be moved to a ViewedDB or something. Could be just a really large table. =)