[Zope] Choosing between ZODB and relational database/filesystem storage

[Steve Spicklemire]

You may want to check out:

http://www.zope.org/Members/pje/ZPatterns

and

http://www.zope.org/Members/sspickle/DumbZPatternsExample

One of the neat features of ZPatterns is that you don't need to decide. 
I usually *start* with ZODB, then move to a relational solution only if 
necessary.

-steve

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 09:27 PM, Sean Kelley wrote:

> Hi- general question...
>
> How do you know when to go with a relational database such as Mysql and
> when zope is ok for data storage? I am thinking of doing a
> product/zclass that will store contact information and related
> information (and either photos, or path to file system photo location)
> and want to be comfortable on choosing Zope for the full
> implementation.  The traffic would not be huge...less than a few
> thousand visitors a day if i was lucky.
>
> Also, if Zope becomes a problem down the road...how easy is it's data to
> export to something which can be imported into something like mysql?
> --
> Sean Kelley
>
>
>
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