On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 12:57, Chris Withers wrote:
Mitch Pirtle wrote:
slightly off-topic, proved that we all agreed that ZODB was not suited for heavy data use (although we couldn't agree on the DBMS) -;^>=
That's a bit of a vague and waffley statement ;-)
Sorry, that's because I've been working with databases for so long that it is dificult to explain some things. Here's the more verbose version: If it is hierarchical data (suitable for a relational model) and is volatile (changes often) or is searched/sorted/manipulated in complex ways - or needs to be supported by ACID - then a RDBMS is for you. For everything else, especially object-related data, then ZODB is the best bet. When I say object-related data, I mean real objects, as opposed to the pseudo-objects that Oracle slaps on top of their relational engine. HTH, mitchy