Boost as an alternative to statistics_ajax

Hi @mikeytown2,

I fully agree, if you are already using boost on your site, by all means, enable the extra statistics functionality. I personally was after a more lightweight approach (as I do not use boost), hence this module.

Underneath the covers of both modules (I had a look at boost code), the same db query is being executed:

  // A node has been viewed, so update the node's counters.
  db_query('UPDATE {node_counter} SET daycount = daycount + 1, totalcount = totalcount + 1, timestamp = %d WHERE nid = %d', time(), $nid);
  // If we affected 0 rows, this is the first time viewing the node.
  if (!db_affected_rows()) {
    // We must create a new row to store counters for the new node.
    db_query('INSERT INTO {node_counter} (nid, daycount, totalcount, timestamp) VALUES (%d, 1, 1, %d)', $nid, time());

I will enhance the front page documentation on this module to reflect the fact that users can choose to use the extra functionality available in boost as an alternative to this module

Thanks for pointing this out,
Sean

Thanks @mikeytown2, I have started on a version 2.0 branch, and will look at absorbing some of your code. Thanks for the suggestion

Can I use your module *together* with Boost? I do use Boost but the Ajax block that is supposed to supply the statistics only shows node titles and no statistics (yes, the "Display Statistics box is checked). I am working on this for months now so I thought your module could possibly boost Boost here. Of course I am not asking you to support Boost, but since they are so similar I just want to make sure that the two modules do not break anything, that I can try thgem out together.

@TheoRichel - yes they can easily work together, @mikeytown2 was just pointing out that my AJAX call-back currently requires a full drupal bootstrap which can lead to performance issues if your site is dependent on boost to survive.

Give it a go and let me know