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Which is an absolutely awful design decision, but that's another debate :-)

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Re: Re: Re: Re: using linux
by batkins (Chaplain) on Jan 29, 2003 at 19:57 UTC
    how is that a bad decision? what alternatives do you suggest? mysql is certainly faster than slurping files.
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      Think of DBI, a consistant interface so one can switch databases with minimum effort. Feel like Oracle one week? Postgre the next? That's how it should be designed.

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        You still have to port your schema, and if you're doing anything with timestamps or unique identifiers, you'll have some portability work.

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        well, doesn't perlmonks access mysql through the dbi?
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