>>> Guido van Rossum wrote > Speaking of which, how real is RoundUp's DB backend? Have a look at the backends. the basic one is http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/roundup/roundup/roundup/backends/back_anydbm.py (sorry bout the URL). It's been on my round-tuit list sometime to look at the best way to do an Oracle (or db-sig, to be more precise) backend, but it's never bubbled to the top. > Does it use > MySQL? *Could* it use MySQL? *Should* it use MySQL? Not currently, probably, no. in that order. If we're going to use an RDBMS, it should be postgres, not mysql. > When this idea > first came up, Andy Robinson asserted that it should, basically for > the reason that David states above; I'm neutral but I certainly see > the advantage of being able to run SQL(-ish) queries against the > database (this helps for the SF tracker too). I suspect that knowing Richard, and seeing where he's been spending his train time lately, that there might be a gadfly-bolted-onto-roundupdb in some form soon. But I could be wrong... :) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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