[Zope-dev] Re: TinyTables

[Martijn Faassen]

Chris Withers wrote:
> Is it okay to use TinyTables (as in Zope 2.2 or 2.3 aren't going to
> break them...)?

I think that's fine, and I doubt Zope 2.2 or 2.3 will break them; if
they do, either TinyTables or Zope will be fixed by someone. :)

[snip]
> Where I'm coming from with this is:
> 
> TinyTables make a good place to store configuration data. I guess like
> PropertySheets, except they can hold a table-like property. Maybe
> Propertysheets need a TinyTable property type :-)

You're using them in the intended way, I think. Minor configuration
stuff should go to properties or to a TinyTable, depending on if the
data comes in a tabular form or not.

> TinyTables are used in Squishdot for this very purpose. I'm doign some
> development work on Squishdot and I want to know whether I need to
> replace TinyTables with something else to make it more future proof.

I think TinyTables are fairly future proof. Something better will
undoubtedly come along eventually; perhaps it's DatabaseAPI and TinyTables+,
I haven't looked at these yet. Even so, it should be fairly straightforward
to write some script that transforms any tinytable data into something
else.

Regards,

Martijn