Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Fourth, the same data in a SQL file takes up more space than in a text file. > > Fifth, log files can easily be rotated in a text file; it is much harder > with a SQL database.
Also text files compress well by compressing a large block of text all at once. It is efficient to keep a long history. Rotated text files are routinely compressed. In a database it is hard to have the same level of compression. Bob
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