However, the development of the MySQL server from its original inception
has put ease of use and efficiency at the forefront, while only concentrating wholly on standards
conformity and breadth of features during its later renditions.
Another benefit of the MySQL database is that it generally has a much larger acceptance than other open
source databases, meaning that distributed web applications will have little trouble finding a host that
supports it.
The SQL ite Database
The SQLite database is a masterpiece. That ??™ s all there is to it. As a believer that nothing is faster than text,
we have always preferred storing data in XML files or flat text files than waste valuable server resources
using a database server for minimal information. By minimal, we mean less than one gigabyte of data,
though typically, much less than that. Of course, storing one gigabyte of data in text files would be
unruly, but unless the majority of your data is floating in memory or you have your data particularly
well indexed, then simple flat text files will rule out in access times, every time.
Pages:
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539