On 22 Jun 2005 14:09:42 -0700, "Eloff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[Paul Rubin] >> You're doing what every serious database implementation needs to do ... >> Are you sure you don't want to just use an RDBMS? > It was considered, but we decided that abstracting the data into > tables to be manipulated with SQL queries is substantially more > complex for the programmer and way too expensive to the system since > the average action would require 20-100 queries. Obviously, I only know what you've told us about your data, but 20-100 queries? That doesn't sound right. I know that I have often thought that my data and its structure were complex, but then ended up with a fairly straightforward table structure and pretty small queries. With the right set of tables and a strategically placed view or two, IMO you shouldn't need that many queries. As Paul noted, RDBMSes are well- studied and well-understood; they are also extremely powerful when used to their potential. Regards, Dan -- Dan Sommers <http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan/> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
