Notice: CMSB v2.60 Beta 1 (Jan 30, 2014)

One of the new features in v2.60 is the ability to easily assign custom mysql column types and creating search indexes for columns.  For high traffic or slower sites, optimizing your column types and creating indexes can create a dramatic speed improvement.

I've attached a simple plugin called "v2.60 Index Speed Test".  If you activate it from your Plugin Menu and click "Run Speed Test" it will run some sample queries that demonstrate the difference possible.  I've also attached a screenshot showing the output of the plugin when it's run from this web server.

Note: Column types and indexes are a more advanced MySQL feature, so ease in slowly.  A good rule of thumb is to optimize when needed.  Don't just add indexes to every column without a specific reason or you'll make your site slower (indexes take up more disk space and increase memory usage).  Google MySQL Indexes and MySQL Data Types for more details on each topic.

Please feel free to run this test and announce your results (or post a screenshot) below.

Thanks!

I tested with noConflict, but that does not function.

var $j = jQuery.noConflict();
$j(document).ready(function(){
    $j('#myid').load('myfile.html');
});

That gives
--
TypeError: $ is not a function
$('form').attr('autocomplete','off');
--

A suggestion?

Thanks again!

Djulia

Hi Djulia, 

Can you try reloading the page and clearing your cache? 

1. When I go to the dashboard page in Chrome: cmsAdmin/admin.php?menu=home
2. Then right click > Inspect Element > Click on "Console" tab
3. Then when I run these commands it shows they are defined: 

> $

function (a,b){return new n.fn.init(a,b)} jquery-1.11.0.min.js:2

>jQuery

function (a,b){return new n.fn.init(a,b)}jquery-1.11.0.min.js:2

>$.ajax

(shows code of function)

Is there any errors in the console that show the library isn't loading?  And/or what browser are you using?  Also does your code (or simple jquery code) work on a separate page when loading the jquery with this code block?

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="3rdParty/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"><\/script>')</script>

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.min.js">
</script><script>jQuery.migrateWarnings || document.write('<script src="3rdParty/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.min.js"><\/script>')</script>

<script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script>window.jQuery.ui || document.write('<script src="3rdParty/jquery-ui-1.10.4.min.js"><\/script>')</script>

Let me know what you find out.  Thanks!

2.60 Beta 1 works fine with my test.  The only issue is the Show/Hide Dependent Fields PLUS - by Cy no longer works (but is not supported)

It's probably the jQuery update that broke it.  We can take a look if Cy doesn't beat us to it.  

Did you try the speed test plugin Tim? Curious what everyone's results were (and MySQL versions which might make a difference).

Here's a screen shot.  There isn't much to the site at the moment, so not sure if it will tell you much...

No, that's great.  The plugin uses the same test data on every server.  So you can see that when it uses the new features of "custom mysql column types" and "mysql indexes" you get a speed boost of between 7-109 times.  So especially for queries that return a sorted list of results, you could run 100 queries in the same time it used to take to run one.

Going to run a test here shortly. One question...because the timing is impeccable. With one of the companies I host with they are in the middle of upgrading equipment and software (replacing where my accounts have been located for some time). In their notice this weekend they stated the MySQL version they are changing to is "called MariaDB" and it's supposed to work much faster.  Are you familiar with this version and are you aware of any incompatibilities?