On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Jay wrote: > If you're storing large amounts of complex dtat, though, it may be > time to think about some kind SQL-based RDBM. If you don't need a > full-fledged server like MySQL, take a look at DBD::SQLite.
SQLite seems to be what all the cool kids are using these days. It's more of a library than a proper database engine, and it doesn't offer much: just SQL-syntax read/write access to data files. But for a lot of people, and for a lot of needs, this is all that is necessary, and the lack of overhead from running even a "simple" database engine like MySQL is overkill. If I were starting new development today, I'd use SQLite over one of the older DBM related formats. On the other hand, if you're maintaining existing code, porting from it to SQLite might not be worth the effort, but it's at least work taking a look at to see if it can make things easier in the long run. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
