Using stacks as a database for very large data sets

Stephen Barncard stephenREVOLUTION at barncard.com
Wed Jan 26 13:16:55 EST 2005


Why not just use a SQL database to store the data and use Rev to 
gather and display your data? This will give you the best performance 
and flexibility.

sqb


>Thanks Frank,
>
>That sounds most practical.
>
>For my purpose, I could have it save a separate stack for every month's
>worth of articles. I will do that.
>
>Still - how do database programs do it? Is each record a separate file
>or something? If it were possible to use a single stack as a huge
>database, it would be very convenient.


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