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		btn on Dec 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Build Your Own Circular Log with MySQL It's a nice solution, but doesn't seem to solve the problem they present at the start of the article. "What we wanted was a way to keep at least 24 hours worth of entries at all times"; but their solution only stores the last MAX_CIRCULAR_LOG_ROWS entries.

jekor on Dec 3, 2010 [–]

Ah yes, good point. Luckily we have a regular rate of messages and we knew that 2 million would be enough to always have roughly 24 hours worth.

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