On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 08:43:36AM +0200, n++k wrote: > Just a comment on the metadata persistence: > > Why not use an SQL database for storing session/project metadata? > (configuration and such) We have the benefit of having a few quite > stable free software SQL databases. (mysql, postgresql, sapdb) so > requiring one wouldn't be too much to ask.
except they're big to install. that might cause some resistance. and it strikes me as using a piledriver when a hammer would do. also wouldn't we have to standardize on one RDBM? I'm no DBA but IIRC the SQL queries are not 100% the same... (sorry, it's nearing the end of the month and I'm behind on my acronym quota) --PW -- Paul Winkler home: http://www.slinkp.com "Muppet Labs, where the future is made - today!"
