[Zope-dev] Proposed solution for ZODB woes

[Lalo Martins]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 08:37:38PM -0500, Kevin Dangoor wrote:
> Though I admit that I'm not familiar with the inner workings of this part of
> Zope, I have a feeling that what you're suggesting is a lot of work. There
> is an existing alternative right now in the form of SQL databases. Just
> store any of your frequently changing things (hit counters and the like) in
> there.

I realize that. This is how it is done now. The workaround
already exists, I'm suggesting a possible fix.

> Yes, I know that's not very Zopish though. Two more possibilities:
> 
> 1) Longer term, Jim has talked about being able to use multiple storages
> simultaneously. This would allow you to set up one storage for your
> frequently changing stuff and one for your less frequently changing things.

I'm talking about fixing ZODB here, not Zope. This ``infinite
growth'' is definitely a problem, so it must, sooner or later,
be fixed.

As for storing variant values in Zope, well, I hate SQL with
all my forces, so I'll use anything else that works ;-)


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