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From: David L. <wh...@oz...> - 2002-01-21 19:23:34
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Gordon McMillan has a python wrapper for metakit called MkSql that puts a familiar facade on. Dave LeBlanc > -----Original Message----- > From: pyt...@li... > [mailto:pyt...@li...]On Behalf Of Kevin > Altis > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:05 > To: pythoncard-Users > Subject: RE: [Pythoncard-users] evaluating shelve module > > > > From: Magnus Lie Hetland > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:50 AM > > To: Kevin Altis > > Cc: pythoncard-Users > > Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] evaluating shelve module > > > > > > Kevin Altis <al...@se...>: > > > > > > shelve is one option we have for creating persistant data. ZODB > > is another. > > > We can't use something like anydbm, because the actual files > created by > > > anydbm aren't portable across operating systems, only the source is > > > portable. Dan Shafer has started looking at shelve as described > > below. Those > > > of you interested in this area should share your findings on the list. > > > > shelve is good... But if you're considering ZODB (i.e. C extensions), > > have you taken a look at MetaKit? It's a very nice little DB engine... > > No. Is this the home page? > > http://www.equi4.com/metakit/ > > One requirement we have is that the storage mechanism needs to be usable > like a file and doesn't require a server process to be running. I > think that > rules out something like MySQL as simple default persistant data > store. Feel > free to share any MetaKit info you have. > > I like the idea of shelve since it is simple and built-in to Python and I > like the idea of ZODB because it will probably be built-in to > Python 2.3 and > provides more capabilities. Of course, use of ZODB probably also lends > itself to some integration between PythonCard and Zope in the > future, but we > may be able to simply do that via XML-RPC. > > ka > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythoncard-users mailing list > Pyt...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users > |