> Relational databases are much different because they offer a very > sophisticated query language and automated creation of indexes.
I had my fair share of SQL queries, so I agree on that :-) I just didn't know that ZODB was so limited with respect to querying. > The datasets used in > math computations are mostly large read-only tables, so a heavier database > (mysql or postgresql) is total overkill. I agree. Is there any data yet that would be put in a sqlite database? I would say the inclusion of a database is worth the compile time & space if there is any interesting data in the database. I assume most math packages don't put their data in SQL tables. Also, we should probably set up a SAGE SQL master server (this could be postgresql) such that clients can query the online database and avoid downloading 10GB worth of data? Martin -- name: Martin Albrecht _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 _www: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~malb _jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
