[Tutor] Which DB use with standalone desktop app

[Alan Gauld]

On 06/07/17 18:32, zhenghao li wrote:
> 100 records are not a lot, so sqlite is sufficient. Its database engine 
> is included in python and it doesn't need to be run as a stand-alone 
> server so that saves you a lot of time for setting things up. If you 
> have a lots of tables and data say like more than 10k then you might 
> consider switching to a real database server.

Provided it's single-user then SQLite can easily scale up to a million+
records and still perform OK. I have one database with about 250k
records over 8 tables and the file is only 10MB in size and
query performance is effectively instant.

Where a server becomes important is when you have multiple users
and you care about security, locking, etc. or want to use
advanced features like stored procedures etc.


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