Jos Backus wrote:
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:23:00AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
[snip]
How robust is it - can a corrupt block fry the entire database?
Dunno, but "Transactions are atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable (ACID)
even after system crashes and power failures.". So it appears to t
Ivan Voras wrote:
Mike Meyer wrote:
Yes, they are present no matter what representation you use. The
question is - how do the answers change if you change the
format. These days, cross-platform means you deal with length as well
as endian issues. Or maybe you don't, depending on the db. I know
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:16:12PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 01:34:07PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
[snip]
> > > > How about portability - can I move the file to a completely
> > > > different architecture and still get the data from it?
[snip]
The answer ("Yes") can be found
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 01:34:07PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jos Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:23:00AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > How robust is it - can a corrupt block fry the entire database?
> >
> > Dunno, but "Transact
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jos Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:23:00AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> [snip]
> > How robust is it - can a corrupt block fry the entire database?
>
> Dunno, but "Transactions are atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable (ACID)
> even after s
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Mike Meyer wrote:
>
> > Yes, they are present no matter what representation you use. The
> > question is - how do the answers change if you change the
> > format. These days, cross-platform means you deal with length as well
> > as en
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:23:00AM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
[snip]
> How robust is it - can a corrupt block fry the entire database?
Dunno, but "Transactions are atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable (ACID)
even after system crashes and power failures.". So it appears to try hard to
minimize
Mike Meyer wrote:
Yes, they are present no matter what representation you use. The
question is - how do the answers change if you change the
format. These days, cross-platform means you deal with length as well
as endian issues. Or maybe you don't, depending on the db. I know the
answers for te
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Mike Meyer wrote:
> >> Perhaps this is a good time I should mention that I think sqlite would
> >> also be good for the password and login databases? :)
> >
> > Someone has already pointed out the horror that is the Windows
> > regist
Mike Meyer wrote:
Perhaps this is a good time I should mention that I think sqlite would
also be good for the password and login databases? :)
Someone has already pointed out the horror that is the Windows
registry. IIUC, even MS has figured out this is a bad idea, and gotten
away from it with
> Perhaps this is a good time I should mention that I think sqlite would
> also be good for the password and login databases? :)
Someone has already pointed out the horror that is the Windows
registry. IIUC, even MS has figured out this is a bad idea, and gotten
away from it with Vista. But it's b
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