Version Migration
james
garftd at verizon.net
Thu Aug 31 10:37:01 EDT 2017
OK,
So is using a database faster? Stable? Any advantages?
Worth the effort to participate in testing and development?
James
On 08/29/17 22:00, David T. wrote:
> The biggest problem with the database back end is users' misconception
> that its use implies database functionality. They think it will allow
> them to perform database actions on the data set, as well as have
> multiple users simultaneously. As you know, neither of these is true at
> this time.
>
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:04, Colin Law
> <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 August 2017 at 19:12, D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com
> <mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > ...
> > The database back end is stable, and has been for a while now.
> There is
> > nothing to prevent a user from making use of it, even for production.
>
> OK, but note the OP is going to use 2.6.15, which was released in Dec
> 2016 I believe. I don't know whether there have been any significant
> sql related bugs since then.
>
> Even if not, then it cannot be denied that the xml backend has had
> vastly more use than the sql backend. Certainly anyone using a db
> should make sure they take regular backups of the db (which can be
> trickier than just copying the xml file).
>
>
> Colin
>
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