On 1/16/06, michael munson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the main reasons I want to use a database as opposed to some other > type of arbitrary formatted file is real time access. > In the sense that I won't have to read the entire file into memory and can > just request objects as I need them and keep them in memory, > until a certain amount of time passes without them being used in which I can > free their memory, and if someone wants that object again it will > just be pulled out of the database. Commit/rollback functionality is also a > plus.
sounds like you've given it a lot of thought. If you didn't need transactions I would suggest a hash and a sparse file. You could locate objects with a simple calculation and position to them with a single seek. There wouldn't be any index overhead. but for this application sounds like a database might be just what you need. Good luck!
