Woah! Hold on there! The real answer is: none of the above! Faster? DBengines are specifically designed to optimize lookups, changes, and other operations. They store data in heavily optimized hash-like tables which beat the socks off flat files. Easier? Personal preference i guess, but isn't writing one SQL statement with all of its helpful stuff like placeholders (DBI) and *s easier than looping through hashes or arrays? Neater? connect, grab, close, use data- and you're ready to fly!

ESPECIALLY for the complex queries are you more interested in using built-in DB optimizations like functions, cacheing, locking, and the such- why would you NOT want to use it? Storing info in your cgi can even be dangerous since it would never know when the data would become outdated. In short- USE AN SQL SERVER if you WANT speed, fast devel time, and neatness- you just can't lose!

What kind of situations do you imagine that would benefit from dropping the db? I would imagine only insanley simple things like an included file to print to the user but that not may even benefit. AND, with the DB, you get a great way to organize and even PROTECT information from prying eyes. A well-organized table beats recursive searches through the filesystem anyday! The only time you want to do any processing on the data after you have it is when you may have data that you need to compare it to or its something that the db can't handle or doesn't support or you're worried about DBengine load (speed) if a complex operation is taking too much time.

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In reply to Re: Replacing SQL with perl by AgentM
in thread Replacing SQL with perl by marvell

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