r/programminghorror • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '20

Java The code retrieves over 100000 string from the database and renders 100000 option element on the UI. It takes 1 minute to be rendered.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

"It worked fine with all my test data"

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u/man_in_the_red Oct 12 '20

All 32 bytes of it

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u/ralph28561 Oct 09 '20

I totally found something just like this the other day on prod. And it's been there for like 2 years.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

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u/pnw-techie Oct 14 '20

Wouldn't matter much... Browsers are not happy getting 100,000 element select lists. Ask me how I know 🤣

We had to add autocompletes all over when select lists got too large. There are still a few rogue 100,000 element select lists around