> Running a full-featured client/server SQL database engine for > applications that have only a handful of users is often overkill.
Agreed -- I think this is one of the reasons why pushes SQLite so much and makes it the default DB engine for Camping. I've started hearing things about Kirbybase (http://www.netpromi.com/kirbybase_ruby.html) though. It's a non-SQL storage engine, uses pleasant Ruby syntax and blocks, and stores data in flat, easy to edit files. Has anyone used it? Is it any better than using Yaml? -- Eric On 1/28/07, Lennon Day-Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/28/07, Michael Daines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm interested in how one can skip the database altogether, though. > > This seems like something that must have come up here before? But > > personally, I threw together a little number I like to call > > DirectoryModel[1] that just keeps track of the files in a directory > > for a (very) small comic-strip app[2]. I bet it needs some work! > > I tend to use YAML::Store as a sort of poor-man's database for simple > apps like that. There's also a module called 'fsdb' I used for a > couple of projects which, IIRC, uses a one-file-per-object model for > persistent storage. > > > -Lennon > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > _______________________________________________ Camping-list mailing list Camping-list@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
