[Tutor] Advice on storing data

R. Alan Monroe amonroe at columbus.rr.com
Tue Sep 28 14:48:51 CEST 2004


> Quoting "R. Alan Monroe" <amonroe at columbus.rr.com>:

>> > Im thinking of making a software version of this book, so that a user can
>> search
>> > past problems and see what was done to resolve it.
>>
>> > Only problem is I cant really use a database to store the data, so I guess
>> a
>>
>> Why not? This is the type of thing databases were made for.

> Because this is being developed on my under developed laptop :)
> When it's finished I'll put it on a windows server so everyone can use it, but I
> wont be allowed to create a DB just for it (unless it proves really useful).

> Actually, I could put mysql on the windows server and use that .... Hmm answered
> my own question! All our databases here are Oracle on HPUX, but a little mysql
> db would do the job.

mysql might even be overkill, sqlite could do it, and there's a python
module for it.

Alan



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