[Zope-dev] Re: [DB-SIG] SQLite as a Light DB component for Zope and Python

[jose]

I'm working with SQLite right now, I find it a very interesting product, 
SQLite is tiny, fast,
I think it is fast at least as MySQL but SQLite has TRANSACTIONS and it 
easy to install,
for now it  needs a python interface based on DB-SIG.
IMO SQLite is a good candidate to replace Gadflay

 
Jo

William Trenker wrote:

> I have noticed on the DB lists lately some concern about the future of 
> Gadfly.  I have been investigating a marvelous little open-source, no 
> copyright, SQL engine called SQLite: An SQL Database Engine In A C 
> Library <http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/index.html> .  I am quite 
> experienced with Python, reasonably experienced with Zope but a 
> greenhorn at extending Python yet I had a crude but working Python 
> extension module for SQLite up and running in 2 days (most of that 
> time figuring out the Python extension conventions).  I think Python 
> needs a lightweight SQL engine as a standard module, and I think this 
> would be a good Zope product candidate as well.  I'm proposing SQLite 
> as that engine.  Here is the developer's feature list, taken from the 
> link given above:
>
> Implements a large subset of SQL92.
> A complete database (with multiple tables and indices) is stored in a 
> single disk file.
> Atomic commit and rollback protect data integrity.
> Small memory footprint: less than 20K lines of C code.
> Four times faster than PostgreSQL. Twice as fast as SQLite 1.0.
> Very simple C/C++ interface requires the use of only three functions 
> and one opaque structure.
> TCL bindings included.
> A TCL-based test suite provides near 100% code coverage.
> Self-contained: no external dependencies.
> Built and tested under Linux and Win2K.
> Sources are uncopyrighted. Use for any purpose.
> The SQLite source code is 35% comment. These comments are another 
> important source of information.
>
> The author, D. Richard <mailto:drh@hwaci.com> Hipp 
> <mailto:drh@hwaci.com> , is a computer science Ph.D. who knows his 
> stuff.  This is not green software, it is well designed and tested.  
> It was first released in May 2000 and is very actively updated and 
> supported.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Bill Trenker
> Internet Applications Developer
> Kelowna, BC, Canada
>
>
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