On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Amir Hardon wrote: > Hello all, > I'm writing a set of CGI programs that generate's a home site according to > some data (The idea is to make the creation of a homepage very simple... just > enter some texts choose colors and you have your site). > > I don't know what will be the best way to store this data, my options are > using an SQL server, or just storing the data on a file. > > What should be my considerations?
First one: Is there a requirement for the data to me modified on-line? Should the user be allowed to modify the data/look of the site? Second one: What is avilable? (aand what can be installed) Consider some other alternatives: * Generate the whole site off-line (with a makefile) This gives the best performance, as you serve static html (that can also be easily cached). It does not allow easily dynamic content trickery such as themes. * "file"==? You can use a flat file, or you use some sort of "database" file. This generally allows you relatively fast querying, but updating it is problematic (right?) -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
