On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Bluebie, Jenna wrote:
> Basically SQLLite is a library which applications can include, that is a tiny
> sql 'server' (even though you talk to it directly since it's built right in to
> your program) in which instead of saying connect to 10.0.1.205 port 6000 or
> whatever, you say open file 'whatever.blah' and that file is used as a binary
> storage thingo. It can do file locking and stuff too to make it safe for
> multiple processes to use it simultaneously.
That sounds good. I'll have to look into that. I think even Rails has
support for it, but I've not checked for months, and I'm not doing rails
stuff at the moment.
>
> The file is a binary doodad, designed for speed and not readability. Though
> sqlite is a pretty common open source library, so your data shouldn't be
> getting trapped should shoes stop working :)
But it's a constraint that might affect the original poster's choice.
Thank you,
Hugh
