I saw your (Chris') reply after replying to Alan. So, the answer from both of you is No, not native.
I've just read that MySQL is free and has a data type called LONGTEXT storing up to 4x10^9 char. Hurrah! As to SQL Server, I've just read that it "could take a small independent company´s budget and eat it for lunch". That's scary. Thanks Chris, thanks Alan! Trung ========= On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Chris Fuller < [email protected]> wrote: > > Use pickle to serialize the list, then use any DB that takes strings of > arbitrary length. You will probably be frustrated if you seek a (useful) > DB > that has native support for such things. > > Cheers > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Dave Angel wrote: > > I presume you meant this for the tutor list. I don't have any answers > > for the question. > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [Tutor] Which databases allow lists as record fields? > > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:59:27 +1100 > > From: DoanVietTrungAtGmail <[email protected]> > > To: Dave Angel <[email protected]> > > > > Dear tutors > > > > To elaborate on my above question, I mean: Which database (which a Python > > program can access) allows a record to have not just simple fields but > also > > fields that are variable-length lists? > > > > For my application, records in one database table might have 1 list, > those > > in another have, say, 4. Each list has a variable number of integers, no > > list contains embedded lists. > > > > The purpose of asking this question is to know which database to learn. > > > > Before asking this question, I looked at Alan Gauld's SQLite > > tutorial<http://www.alan-g.me.uk/tutor/tutdbms.htm>and the list > > of data types in W3school's SQL > > tute<http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_datatypes.asp>, > > plus a few Google searches. > > > > Trung Doan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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