On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 05:14:47PM -0600, Rob Browning wrote:
> David Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Oh, is that similar to ODBC in that it abstracts the database behind
> > an API through which you pass SQL? Maybe that answers my questions
> > above?
>
> Presuming my nebulous knowledge of what ODBC is is right, then yes.
> Gnome DBA is an abstract interface to the SQL databases, and it
> supports various backends.
Yep, that's ODBC in a nutshell.
> > What would be the benefit? With relatively small datasets, there
> > wouldn't be much, if any, speed gains, but only lots of memory
> > use. It seems like overkill for many people, and since gnucash
> > already has a working local storage mechanism...
>
> Reasons in favor (off the top of my head):
Okay, okay, sounds like you've thought through the implications pretty
well.
Can you, if you haven't already, write up a list of some of the major
design points you have already considered? I'll work on some of my own
tomorrow.
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