Ron Hall [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> >
> > Given a web context and a small dataset without mod_perl or other
> > persistance scheme, the connection time when using an RDBMS will likely
> > be as slow as the opening/parsing time of the flatfile. DB_file will
> > only be quicker if your search terms are contained in the key column of
> > the file and will be difficult to maintain/port because your queries
> > won't be SQL. Using DBD::CSV or DBD::AnyData you can stick with SQL,
> > have keys in any column and have 0 connection time.
>
> Again I chime in too late on this, but this is a great way
> to manage small datasets and still maintain a SQL paradigm.
>
> I have succesfully used this technique to rapidly prototype
> web-apps and to actually maintain DBs (1000+ records with 20+
> fields, all in CVS flat file).
>
> I also use this method as a front end to .htaccess password
> file, so a local-area admin can add/delete users, as well as
> change passwords.
>
> I can't say enough good things about this module.
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DBD::CSV, or DBD::AnyData, or both?
