INN and db 4,6

[Bill Davidsen]

Marc Stürmer wrote:
> Am Montag 24 September 2007 schrieb Bill Davidsen:
>
>   
>> It may be time to pick a database source which (a) works and (b) we can
>> redistribute, and stop chasing the moving target. Or (c) has anyone done
>> any testing with mysql to see if we could use that?
>>     
>
> The question is, what you would gain from MySQL as database engine. As Russ 
> already stated, a lot of new added complexity and a new dependency that can 
> turn into a failure if MySQL hangs. 
>
> If someone is really looking for a SQL-engine, perhaps SQLite would be a good 
> fit (http://www.sqlite.org) since it is embeddable in the source, OSS and 
> really small, although I personally don't see why someone would want to use 
> SQL instead of Berkeley DB. But then again, it might work and programming a 
> backend for it should not be more complex than for BDB I think. 
>
>
>   
The main issue with bdb is summed up in the first post in this thread, 
"Just when you thought it safe, db 4.6 bites you in the bullocks!!" It 
would just be nice not to have a moving target. And while SQL 
programmers are pretty thick on the ground, I not only can't name five 
people who could program bdb, I'm not sure I could find five people off 
this list who know what it is, beyond "some database program, right?" I 
just worry that Oracle will suddenly decide to de-support it, or make 
some really bizarre change in the API, or... something.

I'm not really speaking in favor of something as much as not really 
likeing what we have.

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bill davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979