From: Zundra Daniel <zundra.daniel@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T00:39:22+09:00
Subject: Re: should I use a database or a flat file?

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Seems like the type of problem yaml thats perfect for yaml


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, James Dinkel <jdinkel@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > But ultimately it depends on what you want to do with the data.
>
> yeah, it's kinda hard to describe without just posting my entire script,
> which I doubt people will want to read.
>
> The data will be accessed by one ruby script, running on one computer.
> The data will be read in, then the file closed and done for a couple
> hours.  So no concurrent access, no relations, no keeping the connection
> open for extended periods of time, which is why I thought a database
> would probably be overkill and just add overhead.
>
> But I didn't know if maybe reading a file into memory would take more
> effort than reading entries from a database.  Also, I was a little off
> on the numbers, I meant to say that there are hundreds of names per
> category, so total names could be over a thousand.  That size will
> likely never ever change beyond +/- 100 at the most.
>
> Thanks for the info.  I'm really a newb at this, so any thoughts on
> storing data using any of these methods is helpful.
>
> James.
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