begin Henry House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:45:23PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > [...] > > i have to admit, having a human readable flat file is kind of sexy. > > > > my application is to store dates that certain work is done on a vehicle. > > like a list of all dates/odometer readings of oil changes, brake pad > > inspections, battery electrolyte checks, coolant flushes and stuff > > like that. > > > > i don't think this can compare with what commerce sites use databases > > for, but after the years roll by, i'm sure the databases can reach a > > respectable size. conceivably, someone could keep records on the same > > vehicle for a decade. > > > > what do you think? i'd rather stay away from a server based DB system. > > would DBD::CSV be ok for this sort of thing? > > Yes, if only because you can always switch later. Well-written applications > using the Perl DBI and a particular DBD may be ported to other database > drivers with minimal pain. heh. since this is my first db application, i'm not so sure it'll be well written at all. more than likely it'll be a bloody mess. :) working, but a mess.
> > btw, anyone else here do their own work on their car/motorcycle? > > I do my own tractor maintenance sometimes ;-). cool! do you have the haynes manual for it? ;-) pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
