From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2004-01-07T01:31:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Ruby DB apps/programs ...

"Useko Netsumi" <usenets@yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks and please forgive my lack of knowledge of pstore.
>
>> pstore.rb uses File.flock to lock the pstore database.
>
> So, does this mean that it can ONLY serve one users for add/update
> record(s) in the DB and mutli-user for read/search?

Yes.


> Is pstore is widely use? Thanks

The old RAA used a pstore to store the data for every ruby project
listed (maybe the new one does too, I don't know).  It works fine so
long as your data set is not large -- it reads the *whole* data set
into memory and writes it all back out each time it is opened/closed.

-- 
matt