All this talk about DataBases

[Scott Kane]

From: "Andre Garzia" <soapdog at mac.com>

Hi Andre,

> Thanks, many people were involved in bringing this resource to life,  I 
> belive we all smile when someone likes it! Don't we all love when  it 
> works! :-)

Indeed!   I love finding stuff out about other cultures, too.

> remember for each query you do, Apache has to start the revolution 
> engine, load the stack, load the database stack, perform the  operations, 
> build the response and shut everything down. This all  happens very 
> quickly.

Yes.  I was pleasantly surprised.

> Coding databases in Rev is not like doing SQL databases at all, you  need 
> to code your software in smart ways, like build indexes and  really think 
> about your search and cross-reference routines. If  possible the heavy 
> duty job should be done on database insert/removal/ modification. Like 
> when something changes the database, you  recalculate all kinds of things 
> to speed up your queries. Usually a  database has more queries than it has 
> modifications so if you make  the modifications slower (due to extra 
> computation) to make the  queries faster, people will be happy.

That's quite interesting.  The project I'm considering presently needs to be 
cross-platform and I'd rather not have to worry about shelling (in *nix) or 
using MySQL or similar that require the user to setup the database. 
Normally I'd just go for altSQL as it's a perfect solution - but not so much 
for *nix.  I may well change how I see this but in the meantime your 
comments have given me considerable food for thought.  The index idea is 
very cool.

Scott Kane
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