From: Seebs Date: 2010-04-24T07:05:09+09:00 Subject: Re: When to use a db? On 2010-04-23, Kyle Schmitt wrote: > Actually, if your data won't fit in RAM, you still probably want to do > it in a hash. Just use BDB or GBDM. Those are more or less just fast > on-disc hashes. Before everything was SQL (back when dinosaurs roamed > the earth), that's what folks called a database. I'm a big fan of those tools, but what I've found is that the moment I first want to iterate through the table looking for something by a value other than its key, I have lost -- I would have been better off with sqlite. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!