From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2012-10-18T02:38:07+09:00
Subject: Re: database part of a desktop application

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 01:39:21PM +0900, sto.mar@web.de wrote:
> Am 16.10.2012 23:24, schrieb Chad Perrin:
> >On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 05:28:39AM +0900, Sebastjan H. wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I've tried to find a solution on the forum and google prior to opening a
> >>new topic, but I am still not clear on this so here goes.
> >>
> >>I would like to make a desktop application for flashcard learning. The
> >>biggest question for me right now is which approach to take for the
> >>database part of the application. I have no experience with creating and
> >>using databases in ruby so I just need to know which option to choose
> >>according to the purpose of the app so I can learn further about it.
> >>
> >>As I said, it would be an application for creating flashcards for
> >>learning a foreign language. Each card would have some attributes and of
> >>course there would be the usual flashcard logic to the whole app.
> >>
> >>What kind of database would be best for this?
> >
> >Depending on the volume of data you wish to store, something simple and
> >hierarchical like YAML might serve well.  If you need a bit more than
> >that, you might look into SQLite.  It seems unlikely, from what you've
> >said, that you'd need much more than that.
> >
> 
> What about PStore or YAML::Store?

Those should work just fine.

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