Re: 2 db || ~2 db

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:52:21 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Ross Singer wrote:

>> To database or not to database (2 db || ~2 db), that is the question.
>> Put another way, I am having a difficult time deciding to what degree
>> I
>> should use a database application to manage a collection of electronic
>> texts. Allow me to explain.
>
> Eric, why not use an XML db?
>
>   http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml

Thank you for the reply, and that is a possibility, but these XML sort
of databases are non-standard. My implementation would be tied to a
particular application. They also require a whole lot of overhead.

--
Eric
Received on Wed Dec 15 2004 - 12:53:56 EST