On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:33 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Quoting Benoit Gregoire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > While I fully understand your feeling, sharing with other programs is 
> > probably
> > the primary reason why users want a SQL in the first place.  Since we KNOW
> > people will use it this way, we should try design it in such a way that it
> > can be made as safe as possible.
> 
> Actually, I think the primary reason users want SQL are to be able
> to run their own reports, multi-user, and automatic commits (saves
> on commit).  I dont think that sharing the data read/write is high on
> the list of requirements.   Also, I dont think we can depend on stored
> procedures; SQLite doesn't support them.

As someone that is interested in the SQL backend (specifically,
PostgreSQL) I would like to add my voice to Derek's and say that I want
the SQL backend not to share the data with other read/write apps, but to
allow multi-user and alternative reporting systems (direct DB
read-only).

Craig


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