> > If I can get by with my apparently successful TG installation and just > > use regular Python file reading/writing capabilities for data storage, > > I think I'd be ok for my first project or two. > > I don't think, that you would do yourself a favour with this unless your > data files are *very* simple. As soon as you want to search data > efficiently, flat text files get very complicated and SQL is so much > nicer. Besides you lose the power and eas of use of SQLObject/SQLAlchemy. > > > Also wondering about longer term when my next project might need some > > simple database support, should I bite the bullet and uninstall TG to > > allow pysqlite, or find the next-simplest sql product (MySQL, or > > something else?). > > If you are using Python 2.5, SQLite is already included in the standard > Python distribution as the module "sqlite3", which should work with > SQLObject and TurboGears. > > Chris
Thanks much for that feedback Chris, those are helpful insights. For my first project or two, my file-stored data are indeed *very* simple so a sql db can be a slightly longer term issue. I'm at Python 2.4 now and for reasons of required consistency with an installation on someone else's computer I don't think I'll be able to upgrade to 2.5 for a while. Thus I don't have sqlite3 automatically, and so I suppose my choices for an rdb will be either to delete those modules you listed (thanks again) and then install pysqlite then re-install TG, or to leave TG installation as is and install some sql db other than pysqlite. Would the SQLite db you mention be a good alternative in that regard? I take it that despite the name similarity it won't give me the same "Visual Studio" installation error as did pysqlite with TG and Python 2.4? Or would something like MySQL be better for me at that point? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
