[Zope] ZODB vs SQL

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Geir B=E6kholt a =E9crit:
> on or about, Wednesday, January 15, 2003, we have reason to believe tha=
t aborel wrote
> something along the lines of :
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>>In "Choosing to store data in SQL vs ZODB" located=20
>>http://www.zope.org/Members/anthony/sql_vs_ZODB
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> [snip..]
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>>Does that mean that the changes AND the old version of the object are=20
>>kept in ZODB ?
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> Yes. Every transaction is appended to the data.fs-file.
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>>If it's true, is packing a good way to throw away the old versions of=20
>>the object ?
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> Yes.
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> If you have an application that causes your data.fs to grow, you might
> consider using cron or something similar to pack automatically at
> regular intervals.

Thanks, i read that. ZODB uses transactions so they need to be stored.=20
i'm stupid or i read too many pages on Python/Zope/Plone.

Is there a Zope product running on Windows XP emulating to cron on Unix ?



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