[Zope] when to opt for a backend DB over ZClasses?

[Steve Spicklemire]

Why not do both? Use ZClasses, but keep the data in SQL with ZPatterns:

http://www.zope.org/Members/sspickle/SQLZPatternsExample1

-steve

On Sunday, September 2, 2001, at 05:02 PM, Dieter Maurer wrote:

> dedmundson@bigfoot.com writes:
>> I've done a number of smallish Zope sites that make
>> heavy use of ZClasses and ZCatalogs.  Now I'm involved
>> with a project where we need to create (and search over)
>> millions of objects.  Even though the objects are relatively
>> lightweight (just a few floats and strings), should we be
>> using a backend database rather than ZClasses?  This comes
>> up a lot in the archives, but I've never seen a clear
>> exposition of when one should forego the beauty of ZClasses
>> for a more traditional (backend) storage.
> What about a little test with both approaches....
>
> You should check:
>
>   memory and time requirements for updates and searches
>
>   is the ZODB growth acceptable
>
>
> Dieter
>
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