OK, I've found one big plus of MongoDB vs. CouchDB. It looks fairly straightforward to run MongoDB from a USB key, whereas it's pretty painful to do so with CouchDB. As I frequently move stuff between multiple workplaces, that's a very big tick for me.
Regards Dave M. 2009/11/17 David Mitchell <monch1...@gmail.com> > Thanks for the reply Massimo, > > The main reason I've used CouchDB to date was that it was the first of this > class of databases that I stumbled upon. I've found it extremely powerful > and a good fit for what I was doing, but it may be that others such as > MongoDB are as good or better - I simply found something that worked for me > and stuck with it, without bothering to investigate other options. > > Regards > > Dave M. > > 2009/11/16 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > >> The DAL supports GAE. I would like to add support to MongoDB. You can >> already use any NODB but you have to use their native API instead of >> the web2py database abstraction layer. >> >> Any reason to give a preference to CouchDB over MongoDB? >> >> Massimo >> >> On Nov 15, 8:49 pm, David Mitchell <monch1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > I've done a bunch of work recently with CouchDB on Ruby, and now there's >> an >> > interesting article on using Python with Redis athttp:// >> simonwillison.net/2009/Oct/22/redis/ >> > >> > Is there any work being done to have web2py work with these, or other, >> > "NoSQL" databases? Right now, I really don't have time to look at what >> > would be involved and contribute myself - something to do with having >> way >> > too much work to finish before kids, school holidays, Xmas all demand >> 100% >> > of my attention ;-> - but I'm interested to know whether anyone is >> actively >> > looking at it. >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> > >> > Dave M. >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
