From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T07:08:45+09:00
Subject: Re: should I use a database or a flat file?

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Phillip Gawlowski
<cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> wrote:
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>  Todd Benson wrote:
>  | On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Robert Klemme
>  | <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
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>  |>  Exactly.  With regard to all that we've learned about the issue at
>  |>  hand a DB seems overkill here.  KISS
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>  | I admit, I tend to like using a sledgehammer to turn a machine screw,
>  | but in that respect, I'm usually thinking of scalability and data
>  | integrity.
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>  Why use a sledge hammer, when you can use the surgeon's knife SQLite?

Well, "sledgehammer" was for humor.  A better analogy of my approach
would be this darn overly large swiss army knife that doesn't always
fit comfortably in my pocket, but I wear it any way just in case.

My only problem with SQLite is lack of foreign key constraints.

cheers,
Todd