Hi all, I don't want to drive anyone away from SQLite (don't think that I can anyway :-)) but a good solution for storing large amounts of data is HDF5.
HTH -- ds 2007/11/15, Roger Binns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Asif Lodhi wrote: > > Interestingly, Microsoft's SourceSafe (at least VS-6.0) apparently > > uses file system > > It basically uses a whole bunch of directories and uses a scheme very > similar to RCS to store the versioning content. > > > while SVN uses Berkeley DB as I read once. > > SVN initially only had Berkeley DB and it drove people nuts. In > particular it used to keep getting wedged and required manual > administrator intervention to fix. See this and the two following > questions: > > http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#stuck-bdb-repos > > SVN added a filesystem based backend using a directory to store the > deltas for each revision and that is by far the most popular. > > The moral of the tale is to make sure your backend database library > never needs human attention. I always wondered why they didn't use > SQLite. > > Roger > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHO9QNmOOfHg372QQRAh5vAKC4zRw0Uwq7Og8aKNLrIWiIE0XpRgCfashV > LgC0Y4jomgU+o7SXh8xHE6M= > =cVgu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers? Mechanical engineers build weapons civil engineers build targets.
