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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