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On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 18:46, Jeff Smelser wrote: |
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> We have been testing this out. This would be a great addition.. |
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> http://oneofone.limitlessfx.com/phpwiki/index.php/temp/portage_db_mysql.py |
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As mentioned before, sqlite seems like it would be a better fit. |
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Selected features (from their site): |
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* Zero-configuration - no setup or administration needed. |
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* A complete database is stored in a single disk file. |
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* Database files can be freely shared between machines with |
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different byte orders. |
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* Supports databases up to 2 terabytes (2^41 bytes) in size. |
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* Small memory footprint: less than 30K lines of C code, less than |
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250KB code space (gcc on i486) |
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* Faster than other popular database engines for most common |
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operations. |
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* Self-contained: no external dependencies. |
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-John |