Because it is perfectly shared and uniform, reasonable to cache (portions in memory), uniformly accessible from multiple machines, etc.
However, such systems rarely get other aspects right, like coordinating code changes with content changes, or providing adequate history (equivalent to Subversion). On 10/14/07, Andrea Chiumenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I always wonder why some ppl want to use a db like a file system. > > On 10/13/07, Renat Zubairov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've worked once with the application where all content, e.g. HTML, > > Javascript, CSS was put in the DB. Not very good idea . > > > > Renat > > > > On 12/10/2007, Daniel Jue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, this is not Tapestry related, but since people here keep up > > > with the cutting edge frameworks, I'm wondering if you've ever heard > > > of something like this: > > > > > > I've been invited to work on an internal company application (that we > > > resell) that is totally database driven. As in, the _entire_ web > > > application is generated with only PL/SQL! I don't know whether to be > > > scared or amazed. I talked to the creator, and he said they > > > implemented an entire Struts-like MVC with session handling. The > > > application is not to the point where it builds itself, like a CMS > > > (Joomla, etc)-- things like Javascript are written and then packed > > > into the db. > > > > > > Just curious if there is anything else out there like that (or used to > > > be like that!) > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Renat Zubairov > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Partner and Senior Architect at Feature50 Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind
