Peter J. Schoenster wrote: > If I'm using Apache::DBI so I have a persistent connection to MySQL, > would it not be faster to simply use a table in MySQL?
Probably not, if the MySQL server is on a separate machine. If it's on the same machine, it would be close. Remember, MySQL has more work to do (parse SQL statement, make query plan, etc.) than a simple hash-based system like BerkeleyDB does. Best thing would be to benchmark it though. - Perrin
