使用PHP框架/ Ruby on Rails构建BI工具

Question

I get data from Oracle every 10 minutes, which I then import into a local MySQL database and use that for my data reporting.

However because of the growth of the simple application I build I'm now looking at building a bigger BI solution.

My only problem is that the data I get in doesn't have a primary id in the database, I import it with mysqlimport and the database tables have MEMORY engine.

So I started a bit in Rails (with beginners knowledge) and got stuck on the primary id part, and rails like a lot of other PHP frameworks assume I will do CRUD.

However for my app, it's all read only.

What do you suggest?
And what do you think is possible?

I'm willing to learn anything new to build an awesome BI tool with this data.

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Use rails and push the data (1 row every 10 minutes right?) and let it generate the primary key (slow to load in your historical data). Then you can create another table with date/time - in 10 minute increments and voila you've got part of the structure ;). If you swizzle the data as you load to take advantage of the XXXX_id relationships you can leverage all the rails goodness.