hi all, i'm thinking of hacking zdiscussion to use rdb as the backend instead of zodb. but before i start anything, i'd like input from you learned zopistas. me:- i'm not a REAL programmer. just a hobbyist. some of my concerns -will a level 2 da be sufficient for high write site? i'm thinking of using postgres -if i were to retain what zdiscssion has, willl it suffice to have just one table? i would like to tie this to AUTHENTICATED_USER. so i want to use user db as the authenticating agent. is it advisable to just put the forum table in the user db database? -how would you guys do the tree from sql? -what other improvement can be included? what pitfalls to avoid? -anybody done this(zdiscussion/confera with sql backend) yet? this is just a start. i'm not sure whether i'll succeed. but i'll die trying :) thanks. -- ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.kedai.com.my/kk Am I Evil?
I actually started this a few days ago, although not really hacking ZDiscussions, more like rebuilding a new discussion with a SQL backend and modeled after UBB. You can look at what I started to write here... http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB/README I am up to a slew of tables and building the forms to add topics. Take a look and let me know if this is what you were looking to build. I will add that I too am not a "real" programmer and while I have been using Zope for months I am still just ramping up. Thanks, J
hi all, i'm thinking of hacking zdiscussion to use rdb as the backend instead of zodb. but before i start anything, i'd like input from you learned zopistas.
me:- i'm not a REAL programmer. just a hobbyist. some of my concerns -will a level 2 da be sufficient for high write site? i'm thinking of using postgres -if i were to retain what zdiscssion has, willl it suffice to have just one table? i would like to tie this to AUTHENTICATED_USER. so i want to use user db as the authenticating agent. is it advisable to just put the forum table in the user db database? -how would you guys do the tree from sql? -what other improvement can be included? what pitfalls to avoid? -anybody done this(zdiscussion/confera with sql backend) yet?
this is just a start. i'm not sure whether i'll succeed. but i'll die trying :)
thanks.
"J. Atwood" wrote:
I actually started this a few days ago, although not really hacking ZDiscussions, more like rebuilding a new discussion with a SQL backend and modeled after UBB. You can look at what I started to write here...
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB/README
I am up to a slew of tables and building the forms to add topics. Take a look and let me know if this is what you were looking to build.
I will add that I too am not a "real" programmer and while I have been using Zope for months I am still just ramping up.
Have you looked at squishdot (http://squishdot.org , http://www.zope.org/Members/butchland/Squishdot)? It's my understanding that someone is doing a reimplementation of Squishdot using ZDiscussions/PTK. Can anyone on the list confirm this? this would seem to solve most of the moderation/registration issues. In any case, this would seem to be a better approach than an RDBMS centric application, as it leverages Zope's strengths. HTH, Michael Bernstein.
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Michael Bernstein wrote:
"J. Atwood" wrote:
I actually started this a few days ago, although not really hacking ZDiscussions, more like rebuilding a new discussion with a SQL backend and modeled after UBB. You can look at what I started to write here...
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB/README
I am up to a slew of tables and building the forms to add topics. Take a look and let me know if this is what you were looking to build.
I will add that I too am not a "real" programmer and while I have been using Zope for months I am still just ramping up.
Have you looked at squishdot (http://squishdot.org , http://www.zope.org/Members/butchland/Squishdot)?
yes, i've looked at it and use it for my site. but i want something in the line of phorum (www.phorum.org), or UBB, or wwwthreads. i've also looked at confera and zdiscussion, but then i would like to implement it with a RDB backend.
It's my understanding that someone is doing a reimplementation of Squishdot using ZDiscussions/PTK. Can anyone on the list confirm this? this would seem to solve most of the moderation/registration issues.
In any case, this would seem to be a better approach than an RDBMS centric application, as it leverages Zope's strengths.
i believe the pros of having a rdb backend:- -i can have more than one database, compared to only one Data.fs, since the site will host a bunch of forums. -discussion boards is many writes and reads. and i believe i read somewhere that ZODB is perfect for many reads/few writes.
HTH,
Michael Bernstein.
thanks -- ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.kedai.com.my/kk Am I Evil?
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