From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-05-19T08:35:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows desktop app w/ simple db; how?

Carl Youngblood wrote:

>> However, does anyone have any suggestions about the database?  There 
>> is too much data to use an in-memory store like Madeline, but I don't 
>> want the users to have to explicitly install any sort of database 
>> engine, either.
>>
> I can think of nothing better than sqlite.  It is amazingly fast, 
> supports all the SQL you need (including subselects), is very easy to 
> extend, and best of all, is completely embedded into the client--it 
> doesn't use a "server" at all.

Someone was suggesting that to me the other day.

What if I don't really need SQL -- should I still use it? Is it as fast
as, say, DBM?


Hal