FredAt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have used SQLite off and on in Windows applications I have written and I
> really like it.  However, what I am now considering doing is using a SQLite
> database to log access to one of my websites - I need to get a great deal
> more information than I can get via normal log files.  Doing this will
> involve making the following entries to SQLite tables each time someone
> views a document on my site
> 
> 1. A 20 byte string providing me with information regarding the user's
> computer.
> 2. 48 bytes of data, in three columns, in another table to allow me to track
> user activity during a session.
> 
> On the server side I will be manipulating my SQLite databases using PHP. My
> site currently has around a 1000 page views per day and the number is
> growing.  Is SQLite a good choice for the job?  I like it and I want to
> avoid getting messy with more heavyweight options but I need to be sure that
> it is going to work.  I would much appreciate any advice.

It generally works better to append logging information to a file
(since this avoids the overhead of updating indices and doing
atomic commits) then transfering the information into an RDBMS
(SQLite or other) for analysis.
--
D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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