Re: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-17 Thread John Stanton
te-users@sqlite.org>; <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance Most of us use email clients that store our mail as simple text files. An SQLite database is no more likely to get corrupted than any other file. I woul

Re: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-17 Thread Olaf Beckman Lapré
org>; <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance > > > > >Most of us use email clients that store our mail as simple text files. An SQLite database is no more likely to get corrupted than any other file. > >

[sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-17 Thread Dave Dyer
> >Most of us use email clients that store our mail as simple text files. An >SQLite database is no more likely to get corrupted than any other file. I would stipulate that sqlite data is less likely to be corrupted due to bugs in sqlite itself, or due to power failure or gross program

Re: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-17 Thread Gerry Snyder
Olaf Beckman Lapré wrote: For me this is simply a must! I'm using SQLite in my e-mail client which I hope will be one of the first large scale deployments of SQLite where it will be used heavily on a daily basis. I think you are too late to claim this honor. If the database is corrupted then

Re: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-17 Thread Olaf Beckman Lapré
te-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:39 PM Subject: [sqlite] Re: fault tolerance > > I realize that sqlite uses the best available techniqes to > always fail safe and therefore avoid database corruption, it > remains that case that "shit happens" and

[sqlite] Re: fault tolerance

2006-08-16 Thread Dave Dyer
I realize that sqlite uses the best available techniqes to always fail safe and therefore avoid database corruption, it remains that case that "shit happens" and when it does, sqlite databases become hopelessly corrupted. Traditional file systems have evolved an array of techniques to limit